Take-Home Naloxone (THN) Available in Community Pharmacies in Derbyshire!

Posted on: 26 Jun 2024

Derbyshire County Council has worked with local Pharmacies to make Take-Home Naloxone more widely available in Derbyshire. Anyone (18+) can walk into a pharmacy delivering the service and request to be issued with a Take-Home Naloxone kit.

Naloxone is the life-saving drug used in an emergency to save the life of somebody who has taken an overdose caused by heroin or other opiates or opioids, such a methadone, morphine, or fentanyl. Naloxone is used widely across emergency departments and ambulance services, and many thousands of lives have been saved through the use of Naloxone.

Take-Home Naloxone (THN) is available in two forms in Derbyshire - injectable and nasal. Pharmacies will advise and train people on the safe and effective use of THN to save a life prior to issuing anyone with a kit.

A full list of the pharmacies delivering this service is available below:

Dean and Smedley Ltd - Unit 1 42 High Street, Woodville, Swadlincote DE11 7EA
Lam Pharmacy & Health Ltd T/A Swanwick Pharmacy - 45 Derby Road, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 1AB
Lam Pharmacy & Health Ltd T/A Tideswell Pharmacy - Queen Street, Tideswell, Nr Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8JT
Good Life Pharmacy - 60-62 Station Road, Hatton, Derby DE65 5EL
Peak Pharmacy - 92 Saltergate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 1LG
Jaysons Pharmacy - 3 Market Place, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1JL
Calow Pharmacy - 28 Church Lane, Calow, Chesterfield S44 5AH
Manor Pharmacy - 1 Limes Avenue, Alfreton, DE55 7DW
Peak Pharmacy - 540 Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, S41 8LX
Peak Pharmacy - 27-29 Bath Street, Ilkeston DE7 8AH
Peak Pharmacy - 5 Greendale Shopping Centre, Green Lane, Dronfield, S18 2LJ
Peak Pharmacy - 25 Market Place, Chesterfield, S40 1PJ
Pinxton Pharmacy - 78 Victoria Road, Pinxton, Nottingham NG16 6NH
MEDICINE STOP - Alfreton Primary Care Development, Church Street, Alfreton DE55 7BD
Amber Pharmacy - The Arthur Medical Centre, Four Lane Ends, Horsley Woodhouse DE7 6AX

Pharmacies in Derbyshire can sign up at any time to offer this service, if you are a pharmacy wanting to sign up follow this link https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e3ebcc9f-64dc-ee11-8127-005056b64545

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