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NZ opioid substitution treatment guidelines review
Friday, 11 January 2008.
By Sheridan, Regional Consumer Advisor, Community Alcohol and Drug Services (CADS) Auckland
The Opioid Substitution Treatment New Zealand Practice Guidelines 2003 are currently being reviewed.
If you would like to, this is your opportunity to have input into the National Guidelines which provide the framework for services to deliver Opioid Substitution Treatment (i.e. methadone treatment). (All services providing Opioid Substitution Treatment also have local policies which need to fit within this national framework.)
The project is being led by Raine Berry on behalf of the National Association of Opioid Treatment Providers and Sheridan (the CADS Regional Consumer Advisor) is one of the consumer members of the reference group for the review.
The process is to gather feedback in regard to the questions in the attached discussion document and collate for further discussion.
- Consumer Discussion Questions (MS Word document 62kb)
You can click here to Google "Opioid Substitution Treatment New Zealand Practice Guidelines" and the document under review will come up for you to refer to.
How to respond
The easiest way to respond is to type or print out and write your responses directly into the document then return to Raine Berry, 1195 Takaka Collingwood Highway, Onekaka, Golden Bay 7182 or email raineberry1@xtra.co.nz. Tel: 021 774379 or 03-5257232.
Or mail to Sheridan, Consumer Advisor, Pitman House, 50 Carrington Rd Pt Chevalier 1003, or email cadsconsumeradvisor@waitematadhb.govt.nz.
All comments need to be in by the end of Feb 2008. Feel free to contact Raine or Sheridan if you have any queries.
