This morning our Glasgow Alcohol & Drug Recovery Residential Stabilisation Service was visited by Minister for Drug & Alcohol Policy and Sport Maree Todd MSP. The Minister met with Director of Business Development and Improvement Craig Winter, Head of Alcohol and Other Drugs Patricia Tracey, Service Manager Karen McAlaney and [...]
Alongside South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, Turning Point Scotland are proud to announce Scotland’s first live Naboxone. Naboxone cabinets allow the public to access Naloxone 24 hours/7 days a week to reverse opioid overdoses. This cabinet is situated on Larkhall Union Street, close to Larkhall Pharmacy, 78 Union Street. [...]
We are deeply saddened and concerned to learn that 1,185 people died from an alcohol-specific death in 2024. This number is not enough to fully capture the harm alcohol does in our society – not just to the person, but to their families and communities. Unlike other drugs, alcohol is [...]
We cannot ignore the fact that the majority of people who die from an alcohol-specific death also live in the most deprived areas of Scotland, despite high levels of alcohol consumption amongst those in more affluent areas. There is no doubt that larger structural forces are at play which have [...]
Last year, when Scotland’s drug related death statistics were published, we shared our frustration, our disappointment, that despite three years of a National Mission, an unprecedented investment and the declaration of a public health emergency, people were still dying. Now we’re another year on, and more lives have been lost. It [...]
Turning Point Scotland are truly sorry to hear of the passing of the Minister of Alcohol and other Drugs Christina McKelvie. We recognise and appreciate Christina’s dedication to our sector and her interest in Turning Point Scotland’s harm reduction and recovery focused services. Patricia Tracey, Head of Alcohol and other [...]
Turning Point Scotland recently took part in the People’s Panel on reducing drug harm and deaths in Scotland. The panel brought together a small, representative sample of the population to learn about the current state of drug related harms and deaths, and to make a series of recommendations on what [...]
Today it was announced there have been 1,277 alcohol related deaths and we send our condolences to those who have lost a loved one. We believe more can be done prevent this unnecessary loss of life. A minimum unit price on alcohol has a place in reducing harm to the [...]
1,172 more people have died because they used drugs. Our thoughts are with the families, friends and communities who have lost people unnecessarily. More than three years since the National Mission to reduce drug related deaths and harms was launched, how can this still be happening? There will be a [...]
Turning Point Scotland has officially opened a new clinical facility at the charity’s recently launched North Lanarkshire Crisis Outreach Service in Airdrie. This is the second clinical room Turning Point Scotland have opened this year to enhance access to primary healthcare services for the people the charity support, having launched [...]