Finland – Health and social work services – Terveysneuvontapiste huumeiden käyttäjille

The Päijät-Häme well-being area is procuring the production of a health counselling point for drug users for the current contract period. The estimated start of the contract period is 1.1.2027. The purpose of the health counselling point is to provide services for people who use drugs intravenously. The aim of the operation is to create contacts with drug users, prevent and reduce health harms related to drug use, support drug users' taking responsibility for their own lives and health, and support the emergence of clients' treatment motivation and lower the threshold for seeking treatment. The counselling point operates on a low-threshold principle, where clients can visit the counselling point during regular opening hours, using a pseudonym, without booking an appointment, regardless of their home municipality, and even when intoxicated. The service is free of charge for the client.