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Health Service Executive. (2015) Health service performance report September 2015. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

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Social Inclusion p. 37

Opioid substitution treatment

The number of clients in receipt of opioid substitution treatment (outside of prison) (Expected Activity 9,400 Monthly)

  • 9,447 September 2015, 9,321 September 2014, (1.4% increase/126)
  • Variance from expected activity 0.5% (47)

No. of clients in receipt of opioid substitution treatment (prisons) (Expected Activity 490)

  • 547 September 2015, 479 September 2014, (14.2% increase/68)
  • Variance from expected activity 11.6% (57)

9,447patients received Opioid Substitute Treatment (excluding prisons) for the September reporting period which includes 4,053 patients being treated by 348 GPs in the community.

Opioid Substitute Treatment was dispensed by 646 pharmacies catering for 6,588 patients for the reporting period.

At the end of the September reporting period there were 77 HSE clinics providing Opioid Substitute Treatment and an additional 11 prisons clinics were provided in the prison service.

62 new patients commenced Opioid Substitute Treatment during the

September reporting period (11in General Practice, 37 in HSE clinics and 14 in the prison clinics)

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