Conclusion
overdose
People experiencing homelessness with recent overdose can be recruited, and their characteristics can be described through comprehensive baseline data collected in the context of a pilot RCT.Complex drug use and frequent overdose combined with multiple unmet health needs. This suggests the current focus on stabilising street drug use and reducing harm from drugs without attention to wider health and social care needs including unstable housing, are failing to protect against non-fatal and by inference, fatal overdose. Current models of care in Glasgow and worldwide (Additional file If retention and intervention delivery targets are achieved, together with a signal of improvement in outcomes such as overdoses or quality of life, funding will be sought for a definitive RCT of the PHOENIx intervention.