Northern Ireland (NSES) Needle and Syringe Exchange Service
The Needle and Syringe Exchange Service is a free, confidential service for people who inject drugs.
It is designed to reduce the spread of blood borne viruses by providing free, sterile injecting equipment and by disposing of used equipment safely.
The leaflet explains how the scheme works and provides contact details for all the participating pharmacies, and the local outreach teams.
Quarterly reports
This quarterly report summarises the regional needle and syringe exchange activity alongside anonymous, non-identifiable client data across Northern Ireland followed by a breakdown by each Health and Social Care Trust.
The data has been collated using a new online database, Neo360 Harm Reduction Information System, that became operational across all NSES sites on 1 December 2022.
Click here to access quarterly reports
Annual reports
This report summarises data that is collected on the operation of the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES). Each report relates to a twelve-month period. The anonymised data is collected by the 14 pharmacies and 1 Trust-based service that participate in the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES) which was introduced in April 2001.
We publish annual report on NSES from 2013. Click here to access past and most recent edition.
Conferences
Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Service Conference: Enhancing Needle Exchange
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 | 9.30am – 4.00pm
Dunsilly Hotel, 20 Dunsilly Road, Antrim BT41 2JH
More details here NSES conference 2024 agenda
Click here for free registration: https://tinyurl.com/NSESC24