Question reference: S6W-04145
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 5 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many prison officers are trained in the use of naloxone.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
NHS staff on duty within prisons will provide a clinical response to an overdose in custody, including the administration of naloxone during the day.
To date a total of 272 operational night shift staff across the prison estate have received training in the administration of naloxone (This figure also includes staff trained who work in the private prisons - HMPs Addiewell and Kilmarnock).