Fully managing north inner city Dublin’s opioid epidemic

Lloyd Mudiwa probes HSE’s plans for the provision of an ‘all-in’ model, for a fully managed medically supervised injecting service located in Dublin city centre The HSE recently published an invitation for the provision of an “all-in” model, for a fully managed medically supervised injecting facility (SIF) service in Dublin city centre on an 18-month pilot basis, from any time soon after November 1. An ‘all-in’ model for a fully managed service is an arrangement whereby the successful service provider would provide the location, the staffing and other infrastructure required to provide the service — a clean, safe, healthcare environment…