The Introduction of the Opioid Treatment Protocol aims to maximise the provision of treatment, facilitate client progression pathways and encourage heroin users to engage with treatment services. The provision of opiate replacement treatment helps those with heroin dependency to stabilise their lives and to begin the process of addressing their addiction.

The review states that those who are out of treatment are approximately three times more likely to die than those who are in stable treatment and that treatment has an important role in the prevention of such deaths in the community

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