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Needle and syringe programmes

  • Public health guideline
  • Reference number: PH52
  • Published:  26 March 2014
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  • What is this guidance about?
  • Recommendations
  • Who should take action?
  • Context
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  • Recommendations for research
  • Glossary
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  • Summary of the methods used to develop this guidance
  • The evidence
  • Gaps in the evidence
  • Membership of the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) and the NICE project team
  • Finding more information
  • Update information

Finding more information

To find NICE guidance on related topics, including guidance in development, see the NICE topic page on drug misuse.

For full details of the evidence and the guideline committee's discussions, see the evidence review, evidence statement and fieldwork report. You can also find information about how the guideline was developed.

NICE has produced tools and resources to help you put this guideline into practice. For general help and advice on putting our guidelines into practice, see resources to help you put NICE guidance into practice.


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