End-of-year closure
The Hepatitis SA Hackney office and NSP will be closed from 3pm 24 December and will reopen at 9am 2 January.
Hepatitis SA runs five Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) sites at Hackney, Adelaide, Elizabeth, Noarlunga, and Port Adelaide, as well as a syringe vending machines at Hackney, Noarlunga and Elizabeth. Our Harm Reduction Peers also attend rostered sessions at other sites at various times during the week.
We are approaching the COVID-19 pandemic with an abundance of caution in line with the recommendations of health experts.
This article explains what this means for our NSP clients and provides important information for people who inject drugs.
Hepatitis SA Peer staffed NSP sites are located at Hackney, Noarlunga, Port Adelaide, and Elizabeth. All operate during normal office hours and stock a full range of free needles and syringes. Sterile water, wheel filters, Sterifilts and tourniquets are available in limited supply at no cost. There are 24 hour syringe vending machine at the Hackney, Noarlunga and Elizabeth sites which dispenses free clean needles.
NSP sites at Noarlunga, Port Adelaide, and Elizabeth are fully staffed by peer workers who have personal experience and knowledge around injecting drug use and also have up-to-date knowledge on hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other blood borne viruses.
SAhrps harm reduction peers are also available regularly at other NSP sites in metropolitan Adelaide including at the Hepatitis SA premises at Hackney.
Read more about the services our harm reduction peers provide...
