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Wednesday , November 4 2026

Delay in opening of UK’s first drugs consumption room

NHS Assure, external is a service implemented in 2021 with the aim of improving the quality and management of healthcare construction and refurbishment projects in Scotland.

The safe consumption room was given the green light by Glasgow City Council in September 2023 with the backing of the Scottish government.

The east-end-based pilot scheme aims to tackle Scotland’s drugs deaths crisis which claims more lives per head than anywhere else in Europe.

Drug death figures for 2023 revealed that 1,172 people died from drug misuse – up 121 on the previous 12 months, representing a 12% increase.

At the time, the council’s convenor for homelessness and addiction Allan Casey said Scotland was in a public health emergency that required radical action.

He said the facility would help reduce fatal and non-fatal overdoses by providing a safe and clean place for people to use drugs, under the supervision of medical staff.

The space has booths for up to eight people to safely inject heroin or other drugs at any one time.

The Scottish government has agreed to make up to £2.3m a year available for the pilot.


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