Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
Case Study: Medically Supervised Injection Facility - Cork City
The primary aim of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility (MSIF) is to:
The delegation visited both fixed site and mobile MSIF’s to study its systems and determine whether their learnings could be applied to reducing harms associated with drug use in Cork City. HSE and Cork City Council have commissioned research to evaluate the viability of a MSIF for Cork City. The cross-party and cross-discipline delegation is committed to exploring this health service option for Cork City and the decision-making on introducing such a facility will come after data has been collected.
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reduce the acute risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting,
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prevent drug-related overdose deaths
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connect high-risk drug users with addiction treatment and other health and social services.
They also seek to contribute to a reduction in drug use in public places and the presence of discarded needles and other related public order problems linked with open drug use. As part of the implementation of Pure Cork LECP, a number of stakeholders across Cork city have collaborated to progress the development of a Safer Injecting Facility in the city. A delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE, and An Garda Síochána visited two Medically Supervised Injection facilities (MSIF’s) in Lisbon in 2023.
Read more about Medically Supervised Injecting Facilities: www.drugsandalcohol.ie/30081/1/ MSIF-Booklet.pdf
Figure 7.1: A delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE, and An Garda Síochána visiting a mobile Medically Supervised Injection facilities (MSIF’s) in Lisbon.
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