{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,11]],"date-time":"2025-11-11T22:18:17Z","timestamp":1762899497044,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":16,"publisher":"CSIRO Publishing","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,18]],"date-time":"2025-08-18T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1755475200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":2776,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/journalslicense"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,9]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>The use of drugs in sexual settings among gay men (colloquially referred to as \u2018chemsex\u2019) was first observed in services supporting gay men in London in the late 2000s. A decade on and it now features as a policy issue in the UK Government\u2019s latest Drug Strategy, with several actions to support a health system response. However, reaching this point has been a slow and challenging process and much remains to be done to facilitate an environment in which evidence-based chemsex interventions can be delivered. With a view to informing the development of policies and services in other contexts, this case report examines the initiatives that have driven a response to chemsex and contributed to policy development in England and highlights remaining challenges to effective service provision.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh17188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,11]],"date-time":"2018-01-11T00:34:15Z","timestamp":1515630855000},"page":"170-172","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Towards a supportive policy and commissioning environment for chemsex in England"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Monty","family":"Moncrieff","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ALondon Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DN, UK. Email: monty@londonfriend.org.uk"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"67","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025102615560435000_R1"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R2"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R3"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R4"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R5","unstructured":"Public Health England. NDTMS. Available online at: http:\/\/www.nta.nhs.uk\/ndtms.aspx [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R6","unstructured":"London Friend. Out of your mind: improving provision of drug & alcohol treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people. 2014. Available online at: http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/outofyourmind\/ [verified 06 dec 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R7"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R8"},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R9","unstructured":"London Friend. London chemsex network. Available online at: http:\/\/londonfriend.org.uk\/professionals\/london-chemsex-network\/ [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R10","unstructured":"Public Health England. Promoting the health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men \u2013 initial findings. London: PHE; 2014. Available online at: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/339041\/MSM_Initial_Findings__GW2014194.pdf [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R11","unstructured":"Public Health England (PHE). PHE action plan 2015-16 Promoting the health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. London: PHE; 2014. Available online at: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/401005\/ PHEMSMActionPlan.pdf [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R12","unstructured":"Public Health England (PHE). Substance misuse services for men who have sex with men involved in chemsex. London: PHE; 2015. Available online at: http:\/\/www.nta.nhs.uk\/uploads\/phe-substance-misuse-services-for-msm-involved-in-chemsex.pdf [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R13","unstructured":"Public Health England. Adults \u2013 drugs JSNA support pack 2017-18: commissioning prompts. 2016. Available online at: http:\/\/www.nta.nhs.uk\/uploads\/jsna-support-pack-prompts-adult-drug-2017-final.pdf [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R14","unstructured":"Public Health England. Genitourinary medicine clinic activity dataset (GUMCADv3) pilot. 2015. Available online at: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/genitourinary-medicine-clinic-activity-dataset-gumcadv3-pilot [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R15","unstructured":"Department of Health. Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management. London: Department of Health. 2017. Available online at: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/drug-misuse-and-dependence-uk-guidelines-on-clinical-management [verified December 2017]."},{"key":"2025102615560435000_R16","unstructured":"Home Office. Drug strategy 2017. London, Home Office. 2017. Available online at: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/drug-strategy-2017 [verified December 2017]."}],"container-title":["Sexual Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/connectsci.au\/sh\/article-pdf\/15\/2\/170\/822126\/sh17188.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/connectsci.au\/sh\/article-pdf\/15\/2\/170\/822126\/sh17188.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,26]],"date-time":"2025-10-26T19:56:08Z","timestamp":1761508568000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/connectsci.au\/sh\/article\/15\/2\/170\/104422\/Towards-a-supportive-policy-and-commissioning"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,11]]},"references-count":16,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,9]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1071\/sh17188","relation":{},"ISSN":["1448-5028","1449-8987"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"1448-5028"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1449-8987"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,11]]}}}