Highlights of 2021
In 2021, Dr. Rob Calder became Editor of the SSA [...]
PhD Addicted to research: from PhD to Post-doc
Merve Mollaahmetoglu talks to Dr Carol-Ann Getty and Dr Basak [...]
News and research: December 2021
Each month, the SSA's Rob Calder and Natalie Davies keep [...]
Who drives the complex evaluation research agenda?
New guidelines on evaluating complex interventions recommend that research focus [...]
SSA notes: MRC and NIHR guidance on evaluating complex interventions
The UK Medical Research Council and the National Institute for [...]
What are drug consumption rooms?
The SSA's Rob Calder and Natalie Davies describe drug consumption [...]
In the news: Call for drug consumption rooms in the UK
The Faculty of Public Health has coordinated an urgent call for overdose prevention centres (also known as drug consumption rooms and safer injecting facilities) to be piloted in the UK. Signatories include the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform, and London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group.
SSA interview: Hannah Carver on Implementation of the Youth in Iceland Model
Dr Hannah Carver is a Lecturer in Substance Use in [...]
SSA notes: The 2021 UK drugs strategy
The UK Government’s new 10-year drug strategy for England and [...]
Recommissioning: The SSA talks to Will Haydock
In this full-length interview, Rob talks to Dr Will Haydock [...]