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Main Catalogue:
Policy Development

The following items are arranged in chronological order of appearance on the SMMGP web site and/or in its newsletters.

• Safer Management of Controlled Drugs - Early Action
  Department of Health (Nov 2005)

Articles from the SMMGP newsletters...

Please note that information provided in older articles may no longer be correct!

• Network Special Supplement - A Flag in the Breeze
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• Is "Recovery" Splitting the Drug Treatment Field?
  In Network Issue 23 (Jul 2008)
• The New Drug Strategy
  In Network Issue 22 (Apr 2008)
• Hidden Harm 4 Years On
  In Network Issue 18 (Jul 2007)
• Building Bridges with the Criminal Justice System
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• NICE Publications
  In Network Issue 17 (Apr 2007)
• The Impact of 'Respect' on Substance Misusers
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Safer Management of Controlled Drugs: Early Action
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• Latest on the Drug Problem Across Europe
  In Network Issue 13 (Feb 2006)
• SMMGP 10 Years On Looking - Looking Forward Back
  In Network Issue 11 (Apr 2005)
• A Sentimental & No Doubt Slightly Flawed Historical Snapshot of GP Involvement in the Care of Drug Users
  In Network Issue 11 (Apr 2005)
• News Digest - Tackling Drugs Saves Lives
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• News Digest - Audit Commission Report
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• News Digest - The Importance of Retention in Treatment
  In Network Issue 10 (Feb 2005)
• Initial Overview of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Hot Topics - Citizens Say UK Drug Policy is Based on Ignorance
  In Network Issue 8 (Mar 2004)
• Hot Topics - Global Political Commitment & Joined Up Strategies on HIV/AIDS & Injecting Drug Use are Vital, Says the Warsaw Declaration
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Hot Topics - Drug-Related Deaths Up 5% from 2002-2003
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Hot Topics - Important Change in Law Makes Providing Clean Equipment Legal But Who is Going to Fund This?
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Hot Topics - Hepatitis C Treatment Guidelines
  In Network Issue 7 (Feb 2004)
• Classics Revisited - Heroin Addiction and Drug Policy, The British System
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• Hot Topics - New Guidance for GPwSIs
  In Network Issue 5 (May 2003)
• Re-launch of the Drug Strategy
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Hot Topics - Section 8
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• View Point - Home Office Consultation on Paraphernalia
  In Network Issue 4 (Feb 2003)
• Hot Topics - Hepatitis C Strategy for England
  In Network Issue 3 (Oct 2002)
• Primary Care Responds to the Challenge
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• The Audit Commission Report 2002
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Up to Speed on Clubbers' Health?
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• Review of Recent Papers, Articles & Reports
  In Network Issue 2 (Jul 2002)
• The Audit Commission Report February 2002
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• Hot Topics - Government Plan to Reduce Drug Related Deaths
  In Network Issue 1 (Apr 2002)
• SMMGP Recent Paper and Article Review
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• The Impact of Prohibition on Treatment - Does Our Policy Work?
  In Newsletter Issue 21 (Nov 2001)
• Royal College of General Practitioners Conference: Government Drugs Policy & Training - The New Agenda for Primary Care
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• Monitoring of Drug Misuse Treatment in General Practice
  In Newsletter Issue 20 (Jul 2001)
• Funding & Planning Drive to Support Shared Care & Drug Misuse Services in 2001
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• How do Services Measure Up to Standards Set in the Clinical Guidelines?
  In Newsletter Issue 19 (Mar 2001)
• Viewpoint: Licensing Can Seriously Damage Your Health (and the UK National Strategy)
  Special Bulletin (Nov 2000)
• Department of Health Funding for National Primary Care Training Enhancing the Stature of Substance Misuse Management in Primary Care
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• RCGP Committed to Enhancing the Stature of Primary Care in Working with Substance Misuse
  In Newsletter Issue 18 (Nov 2000)
• Will Primary Care Commission Community Drug Services?
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• Is Alcohol a Problem We Should Deal with in Primary Care?
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• RCGP & GPC Policy Statement on Care of Substance Abusers
  In Newsletter Issue 16 (Mar 2000)
• DOH Discussions with Primary Care on the Drug Misuse & Dependence Guidelines
  In Newsletter Issue 15 (Dec 1999)
• New Flexibility & Funding for Primary Care
  In Newsletter Issue 15 (Dec 1999)
• Criminal Justice Interventions
  In Newsletter Issue 15 (Dec 1999)
• The New Department of Health Clinical Guidelines for Drug Misuse & Dependence: Why Are They Important?
  In Newsletter Issue 14 (Jul 1999)

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