Needle and syringe programmes

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews

• Review 1: Update of NICE guidance PH18 on needle and syringe programmes: qualitative and quantitative review updates (PDF 2.1 MB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Review 2: Update of NICE guidance PH18 on needle and syringe programmes: PIEDs review (PDF 687 KB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Review 3: Injecting drug use among young people – risk, harm and factors affecting access to services: a systematic review of the evidence (PDF 1.95 MB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Policy review and consensus development exercise: Analysis of national and local policy and protocols on the delivery of needle and syringe programme services to young people under 18: policy review and consensus development exercise (PDF 1.29 MB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• A review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users (PDF 1.08 MB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Injecting equipment schemes for injecting drug users: qualitative evidence review (PDF 1008 KB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Economic analysis

• Assessing the cost-effectiveness of interventions linked to needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users: an economic modelling report (PDF 514 KB)

  Published:

  15 December 2022

• Surveillance report

• 2019 surveillance of needle and syringe programmes (NICE guideline PH52)

• Appendix A: Summary of evidence from surveillance (PDF 538 KB)

  Published:

  03 January 2019

• Appendix B: Stakeholder consultation comments table (PDF 732 KB)

  Published:

  03 January 2019

• Fieldwork

• Fieldwork report (March 2014) (PDF 883 KB)

  Published:

  09 April 2014

• Fieldwork report (February 2009) (PDF 519 KB)

  Published:

  09 April 2014

• Evidence statement

• Evidence statements (PDF 186 KB)

  Published:

  07 April 2014