Professor Anne Whittaker is a clinical academic in applied alcohol and drugs research and a Professor of Nursing in the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Research Unit at the University of Stirling. In the latest of our blog series, “Why Evidence Matters”, DRNS spoke to Professor Whittaker about her […]
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Picture the (pre-covid) scene. Two strangers meet in front of a poster at a conference, each balancing a teeny cup of unnecessarily strong coffee, a conference tote full of paper, branded plastic pens, and a plate of quartered sarnies. “Hi, what do you do for a living?” It’s an innocuous enough question. […]
A blog post by Dr Emily Tweed, Clinical Lecturer in Public Health, University of Glasgow You might have heard of the parable about a group of blindfolded people and an elephant. Each of them is feeling their way around different parts of the elephant so they disagree about whether they’ve […]
AFINet continue their webinar series on Tuesday 18th May 2021, 2:00pm with Introducing and embedding the 5-step Method across a national non-statutory health and social care organisation in England: the journey of Turning Point. This webinar will be presented by Lorna Templeton, Independent Researcher, and Jan Larkin, Consultant Clinical Psychologist […]
A blogpost by Hazel Booth, Research Coordinator, Drugs Research Network Scotland I’m pretty old and this is not my first rodeo. I first went to Uni in 1984. Going to Uni then was a big deal, especially where I grew up. Google didn’t exist, let alone Google Scholar. My Uni […]
Highland Alcohol & Drugs Partnership (HADP) in our value statement give a clear commitment to applying an evidence-informed approach in preventing and reducing drug and alcohol related harm. For HADP, our values and principles provide the foundations for partnership working and they describe the beliefs, ideals and priorities that all […]
DRNS is funded to build capacity, maximise research investment, and deliver high-quality research evidence to inform policy and practice relevant to problem drug use and recovery in Scotland. The network is hosted by the University of Stirling and is currently halfway through the first year of the second Phase funded […]
It happens everywhere, in business, in health and in research. “If only they spent less money on this thing” usually something done in an office far way “and more money on this other thing” usually something done by the person speaking. Businesses have separate research and delivery departments; successful businesses invest well in […]
A blog post by Jessica Greenhalgh, Research Project Administrator, DRNS Evidence-based policy and practice utilises research, clinical experiences, and patient preferences to provide health and social care professionals, educators, and policy makers with the best available knowledge about specific treatments, social interventions, and many other areas. The DRNS was created […]
A blogpost by Joe Schofield, Research Fellow, University of Stirling. The Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) warmly welcomes today’s announcement of substantial new Scottish Government funding to address digital exclusion among people at high risk of drug related harm. As harm reduction, treatment and recovery services have increasingly moved online […]