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Podcast: The Project 6 Podcast
Episode: Danny Ahmed - Diamorphine in Middlesbrough
Description: Danny Ahmed shares about a pioneering project, that between 2019 and 2022 worked with people using opiates to provide them with medical-grade heroin in Middlesbrough. This intervention, which allows people access to an uncontaminated and reliable supply of substances is often discussed as the biggest change we could take to reduce the harms experienced by people who use drugs. Danny talks about the origins of the programme, the impact it had and his reflections on the work that took place.Danny Ahemd is a Clinical Partner with Foundations and a Clinical Director at Cranstoun