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Wonderful to be at #HR23, excited to speak on iHOST study policy progress in collaboration with UCLH, Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social, community members, clinicians & more. Together we can transform hospital care to meet the needs of people who use drugs!

The brilliant Magdalena Harris sharing informs about the IHOST programme aiming to improve hospital care and reduce stigma for people who use drugs.

Amazing work by Magdalena Harris to introduce major policy changes for OAT prescribing in the hospital through the iHOST project presented at #HR23 Harm Reduction International lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Thank you Peter & #HR23! For more info about the policy background see: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… and the iHOST study: lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Thank you Jason & #HR23 but none of this would have been possible without the wonderful iHOST study team. A shout out to the hard work of Marisha Wickremsinhe & Jenny Scott, the UCLH team, Mike Brown, Find&Tweet, Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social, community members & more

Also, of course, Exchange Supplies! I didn't have time to mention the amazing e-learning module, they and Jenny Scott have led on - promoting kind care, respectful communication and timely opioid withdrawal management for people who use drugs.

Final presentation of the first session is by Magdalena Harris from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine talking about improving #opioid #substitution #treatment in acute hospital settings RCPsych Addictions Faculty Royal College of Psychiatrists Society for the Study of Addiction NHS Addictions Provider Alliance Addiction Professionals #homelessness #heroin #hepatitis #endocarditis #sepsis

Professor Magdalena Harris Magdalena Harris demonstrates the importance of peer led work in ground breaking harm reduction research #ISMS23 #inclusionhealth #HarmReduction

iHOST study wonderful to meet your amazing team! Working hard to remove stigma/barriers/delays to accessing OST in hospital, reduce early discharge,improve admission length/outcomes! Let’s champion change & implement systemic changes #hope #systemschange #Leeds 🧡

Our Magdalena Harris talks about untreated opioid withdrawal in hospital as organizational neglect at the brilliant lnnmhomeless conference.

Such a wonderful conference! Thank you lnnmhomeless #homelesshealth23 😃

iHOST study is recruiting! We are looking for a full time research fellow with experience in qual methods & process evaluation to join our team! Please apply & share to yr networks: jobs.ac.uk/job/DBU681/res… Jenny Scott ProfVivHope Release Drugs - @releasedrugs.bsky.social LSHTM Centre for Evaluation

Our @FenellaSentance in DDN Magazine highlights the surveillance faced by OST patients - and their struggle against it. Additional barriers of access to medicine can increase harm, rather than reduce it - read Allie's story to see this in action. drinkanddrugsnews.com/over-supervise…

This is good- but should include opiate substitution medication as well- Huge risks for people who are dependent on opiates if doses are missed- precipitous discharge and illicit use Addiction Professionals iHOST study

People who use heroin have high rates of emergency healthcare use, especially related to mental health, skin infections, and respiratory conditions. New research in Addiction Journal led by Naomi Van Hest. doi.org/10.1111/add.16…

National Ugly Mugs Some release folks have a map here which has all the commissioned drug services in England on it - each of them can give naloxone, and we have links to the Scotland and wales delivery services there too: release.org.uk/naloxone-and-n…

All the support around the fundraiser is MASSIVELY appreciated 🧡 more messaging will be out this week as we set out next steps. Until then a quick sneak peek at some of the materials that will be available from our allies, from That girl Millington to Sex Workers’ Union and more!