The Safer Supply Program (SSP) is part of a broader response to the drug poisoning crisis happening in Peterborough.
This amendment will fund a 50-person SSP located at the 360NPLC.
This program will increase the harm reduction options available to people who use drugs (PWUD) in the community. The SSP will provide an opportunity to engage participants in a new, innovative, and positive manner, with the participants’ individual goals at the centre of their care.
A team consisting of health, social, and harm reduction service providers will serve participants through a gradual enrollment process beginning May 2022. Participants will have access to primary healthcare and social services both internally and through partner organizations.
Throughout the year the SSP will refine their local approach, create a local community of practice, and share knowledge about how this emerging practice might be offered in other small communities across the province and country.
“Expanding access to safer supply, a key harm reduction strategy in the context of a toxic drug supply, is an incredibly important opportunity to support people who use drugs in the Peterborough region and decrease the harms of the evolving crisis,” said Dr. Thomas Piggott, Peterborough Public Health. “I commend the Peterborough 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic for their leadership in supporting this population.”
