Oxfordshire Take Home Naloxone Service
Free packs of Naloxone and training for opioid overdoses
What is naloxone?
Naloxone is an emergency medication used to reverse the effects of overdoses caused by opioid drugs such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl, oxycodone, buprenorphine, or morphine.
It can also be effective against overdoses caused by the illicit synthetic opioid group called nitazenes, which can be significantly more toxic than other opioids and therefore have a greater risk of an overdose
Some factors that can increase the risk of an overdose are: using alone, using too much, injecting, changes in drug purity levels, polydrug use, and low tolerance for example, following prison release or detox/hospital discharge.
When to use naloxone
When you know or suspect that someone has overdosed on an opioid drug.
Some signs of a suspected opioid overdose are: pinpoint pupils, blue or purple lips/fingernails, no response to touch or sounds, slow or no breathing, and gasping or gulping sounds.
Naloxone is not a substitute for emergency medical care. You should always call an ambulance, even if you have already used naloxone.
What is the Oxfordshire Take Home Naloxone service?
The Oxfordshire Take Home Naloxone service supplies naloxone and training on its use to people who may be at risk of an opioid overdose or who may witness an opioid overdose, for example:
- Someone who currently uses, or has a history of using opioid drugs,
- A family member/ friend/ carer of a person who uses opioid drugs,
- A worker for a service whose clients include people who use opioid drugs.
If you have naloxone, you should always try to carry it and let people know that you have it.
Where you can get a free naloxone pack
- You can get a free pack from Turning Point.
- Cranstoun Here4YOUth can also provide nasal naloxone to young people under the age of 18, where appropriate
- If you have used your naloxone pack to save someone’s life in an emergency, you can ask the attending South-Central Ambulance Service paramedics for a free replacement naloxone pack.
- You can get a free naloxone pack from some Oxfordshire community pharmacies; further information about the Oxfordshire Pharmacy Take Home Naloxone Service can be found below
Oxfordshire Pharmacy Take Home Naloxone Service
You can now get a free naloxone pack and training on its use from select community pharmacies across Oxfordshire.
The following pharmacies have been approved to supply free naloxone packs. This list will be regularly updated as needed.
Please note that the trained pharmacist who can supply naloxone may be away or unavailable at times. Ask at the pharmacy counter for information about Take Home Naloxone supply.
| Area | Pharmacy | Address | Postcode | Opening times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon | Boots | 27 Bury Street | OX14 3QT | Mon to Sat: 9am-5:30pm |
| Abingdon | Reynolds Way Pharmacy | 7 Reynolds Way | OX14 5JT | Mon to Fri: 9am-6pm |
| Banbury | Boots | 12-14 Castle Quay | OX16 5UH |
Mon to Fri: 8:30am-5:30pm Sun: 10:30am-4:30pm |
| Banbury | Boots | Banbury Cross Retail Park, Lockheed Close | OX16 1LX |
Mon to Fri: 9am-7pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Bicester | Boots | 33-35 Sheep Street | OX26 6JJ | Mon to Sat: 9am-5pm |
| Chipping Norton | Boots | 18 High Street | OX7 5AD |
Mon to Fri: 9am-5:30pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Didcot | Boots | Unit 40, 48 The Orchard Centre | OX11 7LG |
Mon to Fri: 9am-6pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Faringdon | Boots | 17 Market Place | SN7 7HP |
Mon to Fri: 9am-6:30pm Sat: 9am-6pm |
| Faringdon | Faringdon Pharmacy | 3 London Street | SN7 7AE | Mon to Fri: 8:30am-1pm; 2pm-9pm Sat: 9am-1pm; 2pm-9pm Sun: 9am-1pm |
| Henley-on-Thames | Boots | 5/7 Bell Street | RG9 2BA |
Mon to Sat: 9am-6pm Sun: 10:30am-4:30pm |
| Oxford | Barton Pharmacy | 6 Underhill Circus, Barton, Headington | OX3 9LU | Mon to Fri: 9am-5pm |
| Oxford | Boots | 6-8 Cornmarket Street, Oxford | OX1 3HL | Mon to Sat: 8am-8pm Sun: 11am-5pm |
| Oxford | Boots | 151A Cowley Road | OX4 1UT |
Mon to Fri: 9am-5:30pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Oxford | Boots | Oxford Retail Park, Ambassador Avenue | OX4 6XJ | Mon to Sat: 8am-9pm Sun: 10:30am-4:30pm |
| Oxford | Boots | 221 Banbury Road, Summertown | OX2 7HQ |
Mon to Sat: 9am-6pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Oxford | Boots | 96 London Road, Headington | OX3 9AJ | Mon to Sat: 9am-5:30pm |
| Oxford | Cowley Pharmacy | 258 Cowley Road | OX4 1UH |
Mon to Fri: 8:30am-8pm Sun: 10am-6pm |
| Oxford | Kennington Pharmacy | 172 Kennington Road | OX1 5PG | Mon to Fri: 9am-1pm; 2pm-6pm Sat: 9am-1pm |
| Oxford | Oxwell Pharmacy | 6 Gloucester Road | OX1 2BN | Mon to Sat: 9:30am-5pm Sun: 11am-3pm |
| Oxford | The Leys Pharmacy Blackbird Leys | 100 Blackbird Leys Road | OX4 6HS | Mon to Thurs: 9am-7pm Fri: 9am-1pm; 2pm-7pm |
| Oxford | The Leys Pharmacy Wood Farm | 13 Atkyns Road, Wood Farm | OX3 8RA | Mon to Fri: 9am-5:30pm Sat: 9am-1pm |
| Oxford | The Leys Pharmacy | Blackbird Leys Health Centre, Dunnock Way, Greater Leys | OX4 7EX | Mon to Fri: 8:30am-6:30pm |
| Oxford | TruWell Pharmacy | 6A Courtland Road, Rose Hill | OX4 4JA | Mon to Fri: 9am-6:30pm |
| Oxford | Wheatley Pharmacy | Morland Close, Wheatley | OX33 1DP | Mon to Fri: 8:30am-6:30pm Sat: 9am-12pm |
| Thame | Boots | 4-5 High Street | OX9 2BU | Mon to Fri: 9am-5:30pm Sat: 9am-5pm |
| Thame | Thame Pharmacy | Portacabin, Thame Community Hospital, East Street |
OX9 3JT
|
Mon to Fri: 8:30am-6:30pm Sun: 10am-1pm |
| Wallingford | Boots | 7/8 Market Place | OX10 0EG |
Mon to Sat: 9am-5:30pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Wantage | Boots | 50/51 Market Place | OX12 8AW |
Mon to Sat: 9am-5:30pm Sun: 10am-4pm |
| Wantage | Bretts Pharmacy | 11-12 Millbrook Square, Grove | OX12 7JZ |
Mon to Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-1pm |
| Witney | Boots | 3 Edington Square | OX28 5YP |
Mon to Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-5:30pm |
| Witney | Boots | 2-8 The High Street | OX28 6HA |
Mon to Sat: 9am-5:30pm Sun: 10am-4pm |