
Dual diagnosis counselling
Counselling service for people who use drugs and have mental health issues
Confidential and non-judgemental access to safe injecting equipment, condoms, and lubricant
cohealth’s Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) is an important public health initiative that prevents the spread of bloodborne viruses like HIV and Hepatitis C and reduces the harms associated with injecting drug use.
Our NSP staff are able to provide confidential and non-judgemental access to:
We can help with:
Drop in to any of the cohealth NSP sites (see locations on this page) during open hours.
Go to one of the Syringe Dispensing Units (SDUs) which are located at our Braybrook, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Footscray (Health Works) sites. SDUs are available at times when the NSP is not staffed and dispense free packs of injecting equipment and disposal containers.
Contact our Innerspace Mobile NSP Outreach service on 0418 179 814 between 7:30pm – 10:45pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays) to deliver and collect* injecting equipment if you cannot get to our sites during the day. We can meet you anywhere a car can go – outside a house, shop or street corner. This service is free and discreet.
*Innerspace Mobile NSP Outreach service delivers and collects from the following suburbs: Abbotsford, Brunswick East (east of Nicholson Street), Burnley, Carlton & Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, East Melbourne, Fairfield, Fitzroy & Fitzroy North, Hawthorn & Hawthorn East, Kew & Kew East, North Melbourne, Northcote (south of Separation Street), Parkville, Richmond, West Melbourne and Westgarth.
There is no charge for this service.
Vic Department of Health on NSP
Penington Institute
Within the City of Yarra, anyone who sees a discarded syringe in a street or park, or wants someone to pick up a syringe from their property, can request syringe management services through the Council by submitting a request online or by calling 9205 5555.
Counselling service for people who use drugs and have mental health issues
Specialist health care and harm reduction services for people using drugs