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Calls to move safe-injecting room rebuffed

Calls to move safe-injecting room rebuffed

Fiona Patten, the politician who helped pave the way for the Richmond safe-injecting room, has all but ruled out relocating the facility before the end of its two-year trial, despite resident concerns.


Injecting room supporters urge expansion as street drug use grows

Injecting room supporters urge expansion as street drug use grows

The Melbourne facility has been called ‘a victim of its own success’.


Inside North Richmond’s safe injecting room

Inside North Richmond’s safe injecting room

Dr Nico Clark, Medical Director of North Richmond’s safe injecting room, takes newsGP through the facility as it approaches its sixth month of operation.


Doctors opposed to plan to scrap injecting room

Doctors opposed to plan to scrap injecting room

Ahead of this weekend’s Victorian election, health professionals are concerned Matthew Guy’s promise to close the Richmond injecting room would place vulnerable people – and the surrounding community – at risk.


North Richmond safe injecting room – Its progress so far

North Richmond safe injecting room – Its progress so far

Medical Director of North Richmond’s safe injecting room, Dr Nico Clark, speaks with newsGP about the progress of the facility and its benefits for injecting drug users and the surrounding community.


Trial of Melbourne safe injecting facility set to begin

Trial of Melbourne safe injecting facility set to begin

The North Richmond facility – which is intended to lower overdose deaths, link people into support services and improve the safety of the surrounding neighbourhood – will soon open its doors for a two-year trial.


Minister and GPs reassure residents about allowing ice in Melbourne safe injecting room

Minister and GPs reassure residents about allowing ice in Melbourne safe injecting room

The Victorian Government’s decision to allow the use of ice in the North Richmond safe injecting facility was made with advice from police, addiction experts and frontline first responders, Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said.


Approaching drug use as a health issue, rather than a criminal one

Approaching drug use as a health issue, rather than a criminal one

GP Dr Ines Rio talks to newsGP about a Victorian Government report on drug law reform that recommends a health-based framework – and whether it represents a positive step forward.


New injecting room a chance to link patients to a better life

New injecting room a chance to link patients to a better life

Melbourne’s newly approved medically supervised injecting room may provide a chance to get drug-affected patients on the path to improved health and wellbeing, according to a Richmond GP who works with this patient population.

 


Richmond safe injecting room trial approved by Victorian Government

Richmond safe injecting room trial approved by Victorian Government

The Victorian Government’s decision to approve a two-year trial of a medically supervised injecting room in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Richmond – the city’s acknowledged heroin capital – has been hailed as a life-saving measure.


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