Dr. Des Crowley:

I was involved in one of the responses that happened locally. It was extraordinary how the services joined together and how they communicated. There was an overdose in a particular location on a Friday morning and by Friday lunchtime everybody was aware of the dynamics of what was going on. That was very good. It is about the information coming out very quickly when you have a collection of overdoses in a particular area. The ambulance crews and emergency departments etc. join up the data so that it is not a day later, two days later or a week later when we realise what is happening. It was very effective. I was amazed at how the word of mouth spread among the different services.