National Association of Opioid Treatment Providers Incorporated (NAOTP) is the representative body of the primary and secondary care providers involved in opioid substitution treatment.
NAOTP's purpose is to:
- Promote evidence based and ethical best practice for the treatment of opioid dependence and other substance dependency;
- Be an advisory body for the Ministry of Health, District Health Boards and other relevant organisations.
NAOTP is an incorporated society. The office holders are:
- Chair: Eileen Varley
- Treasurer: Lee Nixon
- Secretary: Phil Townshend
For further information, contact NAOTP Chair Eileen Varley: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or write to Eileen Varley, Manager, Nelson Marlborough Alcohol and other Drug Service, Private Bag 18, Nelson.
Key NAOTP Documents
NAOTP meetings
Minutes, 24 June 2010 (download)
Ministry of Health update (ppt, download)
Defining Stability (ppt, download)
Not all opioids are created equal (ppt, download)
Nelson HCV treatment (ppt, download)
The NZ Needle Exchange Programme (ppt, download)
Southern Case Study (ppt, download)
Service description Southland (ppt, download)
The waiting list (ppt, download)
Supporting Primary Health Care in providing OST (pdf, download)
Case presentation, Sarah Barkley (ppt, download)
Case study, Adrian Gray (ppt, download)
Minutes, 27 November 2009 (download)
Documents from 27 November 2009 meeting:
- Review of Funding and Contracting of Opioid Substitution Treatment (ppt, download)
- Ibogaine - New Scientist (pdf, download)
- TakeSafe Photos (pdf, download)
Minutes, August 2009 (download)
Documents from August 2009 meeting:
- Nelson GP Authorised Methadone Maintenance (powerpoint, download)
- Opioids in Chronic Non-Malignant Pain Selection (powerpoint, download)
- Reviewing Drug Laws --11.06.09 (powerpoint, download)
- Putting our House in Order (powerpoint, download)
- OST Drug Driving Protocols (powerpoint, download)
- Review of Funding and Contracting of Opioid Substitution (powerpoint, download)
- Standard 9 (powerpoint, download)
- Timaru Psychiatric Service (powerpoint, download)
- David Chaplow's MOH Presentation (powerpoint, download)
- Health and Disability Services Standards Recovery - Sheridan Pooley (powerpoint, download)
- New Drug Impaired Driving Law (powerpoint, download)
- Prison Centre Managers (pdf, download)
Minutes, June 2009 (download)
Minutes, March 2009 (download)
Minutes, December 2008 (download)
Minutes, October 2008 (download)
Minutes, June 2008 (download)
Other documents
Primary Health Services and Opioid Substitution Treatment: A summary of the literature (download)
Defining the Client’s level of Stability August 2010
- Defining 'stability' within an OST context (download)
- DEFINING STABILITY: A national perspective (Powerpoint, download)
Practice Guidelines for Opioid Substitution Treatment in New Zealand 2008, Ministry of Health (download)
Protocol between the Ministry of Health and the Department of Corrections (download)
National Guidelines for Interim Methadone Prescribing (download)
Intravenous Opioid Dependence in New Zealand July 2008 (download)
Appendix 1: Review of literature pertinent to this report (download)
Appendix 2: User survey questionnaire (download)
Appendix 3: Specialist services questionnaire (download)
Pain and Opioid Documents
Opioids & Chronic Non-Malignant Pain
Dr John Alchin, Pain Management centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch (download)
Opioids and the treatment of chronic pain: Controversies
Current status and future directions (download)
Pethidine compliance and frowning doctors
Case presentation, Dr Tony Farrell FAChaM (frowning Dr) (download)
Glia as the "bad guys": Implications for improving clinical pain control and the clinical utility of opiods (download)
The British Pain Society's opioids for persistent pain: Good practice (download)
The British Pain Society's opioids for persistent pain: Information for patients (download)
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - June 2008
Challenges in using opioids to treat pain in persons with substance use disorders (download)
The New England Journal of Medicine, Review article, Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain
Jane C.Ballantyne, MD., and Jiansen Mao, M.D., Ph.D. (download)
Misuse of opiates in chronic non-malignant pain - The role of medicines control (download)
Ministry of Health Update - NAOTP, 4th March 2010
David Chaplow, Jenny Wolf and Catherine Inder (download)
Law Commission, Controlling and regulating Drugs, Review of the Missuse of Drugs Act 1975 (download)
Guidelines for treating pain with opioids in GP practice, Tony Farrell (download)
Treating chronic pain in the shadow of addiction, Dr Penelope P Zeilgler, addiction specialist and psychiatrist (download)
...and then the referral to a chronic pain service, Mariet Kersjes-Laverty CNS, BACPP, Tauranga Hospital (download)