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You have received this message via another mailing list. To receive these messages directly sign up at: http://findings.org.uk/index.php#signUp Welcome to the Effectiveness Bank, a service provided by the Drug and Alcohol Findings project to alert you to recent evaluation studies and reviews with important practice implications. ************************************** UK government advisers call for major expansion of needle exchange To curb a worrying rise in hepatitis C infections, UK government advisers have called for needle exchange provision to be expanded so that a new set of equipment is available for every injection, and for methadone and other opiate substitute prescribing programmes to provide access to injecting equipment and vice versa. The advisers cautioned that neither needle exchanges nor substitute prescribing on their own can prevent hepatitis C spreading. Both need to work together, combined with greater access to hepatitis C testing and treatment of infection. To view this entry click on the link below or paste it in to your web browser's address box, being sure to enter the whole address: http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=ACMD_5.txt ************************************** FINDINGS is managed by DrugScope, Alcohol Concern and the National Addiction Centre, the two leading UK drug and alcohol information charities and the UK's leading clinical/research centre. The Effectiveness Bank project is supported by the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust (http://www.jpgettytrust.org.uk) and the Pilgrim Trust (http://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk).