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Our statement on drug-related deaths in 2019

13th October 2020

Our statement in response to ONS report on deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2019 registrations.

How coronavirus has affected our hepatitis C strategy

28th July 2020

Coronavirus has had a huge impact on the way we run our services. For the Hepatitis C team, it meant we paused testing, as did most other providers.

Thank you Mike

29th June 2020

Our Executive Director Mike Pattinson will be leaving Change Grow Live in July.

Listening to people who use our services during the coronavirus pandemic

18th June 2020

By working together, adapting, and noticing how people wanted their voices to be heard, we heard multiple voices - loudly.

Charity websites have never been so important – so how do we make sure our content is useful?

29th May 2020

When it comes to our website, nothing is more important than getting the content and language right.

Introducing intelligent fingerprinting for better, safer drug testing

20th May 2020

We explain how fingerprint drug testing works, and how it’s helping us support people during the coronavirus pandemic.

How we're supporting people during the coronavirus pandemic

15th April 2020

Today Public Health England published their guidance for commissioners and providers of services for people who use drugs and alcohol. We fully support this guidance. Please download and share our plans if you think they will be helpful.

Looking after people on medication-assisted treatment during the pandemic

27th March 2020

A statement from our CEO Mark Moody about the decisions we have made in relation to medication-assisted treatment (MAT)

How we micro-eliminated hepatitis C in Halton

26th February 2020

We used a new hepatitis C elimination method to test and treat people for the virus at our service in Halton. Here’s how we did it, and what we learned.