Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the delay to the opening of the safer drug consumption pilot in Glasgow is due to the facility failing an initial NHS Scotland Assure inspection and it requiring another one, or is due to the building being incomplete and not being inspected yet.
The building work on the safer drug consumption facility is now complete and the Building Control completion certificate has been processed by Glasgow City Council.
We are currently working with our colleagues in the NHS to demonstrate full compliance with the Scottish Healthcare Technical Memoranda (SHTM)’s NHS Assure to conclude their oversight that the project, as delivered, meets the brief and relevant design parameters. This includes the bespoke ventilation system to the injection booths, for which no SHTM currently exists and the water supply which includes us connecting into an existing facility.