Our NHPT now carry Naloxone

📣 Wantage & Grove NHPT 📣

Our Neighbourhood Policing Team has recently been issued with Naloxone, and we want to explain why this is such an important step for our community.

We are often the closest people to an emergency, arriving before other services can get there. 
Many of the individuals we work with are vulnerable and may be affected by drug use, including opioids. 
That means we’re frequently the first to encounter someone experiencing a potentially fatal overdose.

Naloxone is a life‑saving medication that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. 
By carrying it — and being fully trained to use it — our officers now have the ability to provide immediate, critical treatment in those vital first moments.

This isn’t just about policing; it’s about protecting lives.

It’s about giving someone the chance to survive until paramedics arrive.
It’s about making sure we have every possible tool to help the people we serve.

By equipping our NHPT with Naloxone, we’re strengthening our ability to keep our community safe — and ultimately, to save more lives.