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BBC News
27-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
People in Torbay urged to learn about anti-overdose drug
Residents in Torbay are being encouraged to learn how to administer a life-saving anti-overdose drug and carry it with them. Naloxone is an antidote which can reverse the effects of overdoses of opioids, such as heroin. The Torbay Naloxone Tribe are training people how to inject the drug while also providing them with a free naloxone kit. Torbay Council member Hayley Tranter said they "want everybody in Torbay to know how to administer the medication". The scheme by the Torbay Recovery Initiative and Torbay Council is part of an campaign to reduce drug-related deaths. Naloxone can help restore the breathing of those experiencing opioid overdoses while they wait for emergency services to arrive. Ms Tranter said she wanted training to use Naloxone to be an "extension of first aid". 'Reverse the effects' Sgt Neil Powers, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said officers were equipped with nasal naloxone in their first aid kits and vehicles and all were "comfortable in the application" of Whelband, the clinical team lead for Torbay Recovery Initiatives, said anyone administering the drug should not be worried about potentially hurting said: "If you accidentally give them all five doses in one go, it's not the end of the world."She added that if the person had "not overdosed on opioids", it would not make their symptoms worse, "it just won't do anything.""If they are unconscious from another substance, or perhaps it's alcohol they've had but they are on methadone, for instance, it will reverse the effects and it still could bring them round," she said.
BBC News
18-03-2025
- BBC News
Torbay Council investing in town tackling antisocial behaviour
A council in Devon is investing a further £300,000 to tackle antisocial behaviour in town Council said it was investing in Operation Town Centres - its plan to make the bay's towns safer and more money, along with the £300,000 already committed, would build on the work that began last May and focus on combating environmental crime, officials who patrolled largely on foot, issued 75 fixed penalty notices between November last year and January of this year. However, the council said its approach was now to engage and educate before carrying out enforcement. Hayley Tranter, council's cabinet member of adult and community services, public health and inequalities, said: "These achievements show that a lot of work has been taking place over the last few months. "It's also testament to what we can accomplish when we work together towards a common goal."Our town centres are now safer and more welcoming for everyone, and we will continue to build on this success in the year ahead to ensure that they remain vibrant and secure places for all residents, businesses and visitors."
