Prescriber Consultation Service
- Are you a doctor or nurse practitioner who works with people who use drugs?
- Want to learn more about safer supply and how you can best support the people you work with?
- Want access to an exclusive prescriber consultation service?
Help us scale up safer supply programs across Canada! Register for the consultation service by contacting the project manager and you'll have email access to our physician consultant and our pharmacist consultant. You do not need to be an NSS-CoP member to access this service, but you do need to be a doctor or nurse practitioner. Contact the project manager: rebecca [at] lihc.on.ca (rebecca[at]lihc[dot]on[dot]ca)
Monthly Clinician Meeting
We hold monthly Zoom meetings where clinicians can ask questions, make connections, and discuss topics of interest.
Join our community of practice, then email us for details.
Email Discussion List for Health Care Providers
We have an email discussion list open only to health care providers interested in safer supply. You do not need to be an NSS-CoP member to join this list, but you do need to be a doctor, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner. Register here.
Publications, Guides and Protocols
BCCSU Prescribed Safer Supply Protocols
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BCCSU, 2022 & 2023 Protocols, clinical summaries, and patient information for fentanyl patches, fentanyl tablets, and sufentanil. View |
Safer Opioid Supply Program Protocols: Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario
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Marysia Maraksa NP, Nicole Bond, Gab Laurence, & Kate Atkinson, 2022 Download (PDF) |
Victoria SAFER Initiative Safe Supply Protocols
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AVI Health and Community Services, 2022 Download (PDF) |
Guiding Document: Safer Opioid Supply Programs (SOS)
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A harm reduction informed guiding document for primary care teams. Hales et al., 2020 View |
Reframing Diversion for Health Care Providers: Frequently Asked Questions
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NSS-CoP, 2022 View (également disponible en français) Download (PDF) |
Safer Supply for Health Care Providers: Frequently Asked Questions
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NSS-CoP, 2022 View (également disponible en français) Download (PDF) |
Safe Supply: Concept Document
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CAPUD, 2019 Download (PDF) (également disponible en français) |
Past Hot Topic Webinars
Integrating Hepatitis C Care with Safer Supply Practice
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CATIE, 2022-07-28 Speakers: Chris Hoy, Rivka Kushner, Tim O'Shea, Patty Wilson, Angie Austin and Jessica Nanni |
Urine Drug Screenings: Science and Implications on the Lives of People Who Use Drugs
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NSS-CoP, 2022-06-30 Moderator: Phoenix Beck McGreevy Presenter: Claire S Speakers: Ashley Smoke, Nat Kaminski, Keri Guelke, Hawkfeather Peterson |
Urine Drug Screen Workshop
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NSS-CoP, 2022-04-28
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Pharmacist Roundtable on Safer Supply
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NSS-CoP, 2022-04-28 Moderator: Kelly Sequeira Speakers: Mark Barnes, Jodi Cunningham, Al Ladak, Danny Lui, Laura Miller, Lynn Pollock |
Wound Care Workshops for Clinicians
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NSS-CoP, 2022-01-31 Speakers: Erin Telegdi, Patricia Coutts |
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NSS-CoP, 2023-11-14 Speakers: Erin Telegdi, Patricia Coutts |
Prescriber Panel - Tensions in Safer Supply
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NSS-CoP, 2021-12-16 Moderator: Liam Michaud Speakers: Tracey Day, Emmet O’Reilly, Andrea Sereda, Mish Waraksa |
Emotional Harm Reduction
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NSS-CoP, 2021-11-08 Speaker: Corey Ranger |
Safer Supply 101
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NSS-CoP, 2021-10-14 Speaker: Corey Ranger |
Uprooting Medical Violence
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NSS-CoP, 2021-10-07 Speaker: Dr. Nanky Rai |
Safe-Guarding Controlled Substances in a Pharmacy
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NSS-CoP, 2023-11-28 Speaker: Sue-Jane Sang, Team Lead - Pharmacy Inspection Unit, Community Pharmacy Inspection Program, Controlled Substances Program. |
In Our Resource Library
Skin & Wound Care for People Who Use Drugs
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Erin Telegdi & Pat Coutts, 2023 Download (PDF) |
Substance Use Related Language & Stigma
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Katie Upham, 2023 Download (PDF) |
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- Search our Resource Library for resources tagged Clinical Guidance
