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Towards a National Needle and Syringe Program Strategic Framework
The National NSP Strategic Framework will set out key issues of particular interest to those involved in the planning and delivery of NSP services. The Framework will articulate the overall strategic direction for the sector through setting key areas of policy and practice considered to be vital to the future development and continuous improvement of NSPs in Australia.
As part of the process for developing the Framework, a discussion paper, which outlines current policy, practice and issues in the NSP sector, has been developed. This discussion paper describes the relationship of NSP to key national and state/territory policy directions, looks at how service delivery occurs across the jurisdictions and how minimum standards and best practice in NSP can be identified and implemented. The paper poses a number of key questions in relation to these issues.
Funded under the Council of Australian Governments Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative Supporting Measures Relating to NSPs, the National NSP Strategic Framework is being developed with the collaboration of all Australian States and Territories as well as key stakeholders including the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Australian National Council on Drugs.
Submissions should be received by 15 August 2008 and may be sent via the following methods:
Email: a.kirwan@anex.org.au
Post: National NSP Strategic Framework
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Anex was successful in tendering for the project in collaboration with Associate Professor Lisa Maher from the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Professor Robert Power from the Centre for Harm Reduction at the Burnet Institute and Professor Steve Allsop from the National Drug Research Institute.
A summary of the processes and outputs for the development of the National NSP Strategic Framework is depicted in the following diagram (PSG=Project Steering Group):
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