Andy Perkins
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Recent Articles
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Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, et al.
Harm Reduct J
. 2025 Mar;
22(1):33.
PMID: 40089795
No abstract available.
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Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, et al.
Harm Reduct J
. 2025 Jan;
22(1):6.
PMID: 39806415
Background: Scotland currently has amongst the highest rates of drug-related deaths in Europe, leading to increased advocacy for safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) to be piloted in the country. In...
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Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Perman-Howe P, et al.
Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2024 Oct;
44(1):90-103.
PMID: 39412189
Introduction: A minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol of £0.50 per unit (1 UK unit = 10 mL/8 g alcohol) was introduced in Scotland in May 2018. Few previous studies...
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Holloway K, Buhociu M, Murray S, Livingston W, Perkins A
Nordisk Alkohol Nark
. 2024 Feb;
41(1):57-74.
PMID: 38356791
The Welsh Government has commissioned a number of projects to consider the influence their implementation of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol (MPA) legislation in March 2020 had on the alcohol consumption...
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Hughes J, Livingston W, Buykx P, Johnston A, Little S, McCarthy T, et al.
Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2023 Jun;
42(6):1338-1348.
PMID: 37380168
Introduction: Scotland implemented a minimum price per unit of alcohol (MUP) of £0.50 in May 2018 (1 UK unit = 10 mL/8 g ethanol). Some stakeholders expressed concerns about the...
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Parkes T, Price T, Foster R, Trayner K, Sumnall H, Livingston W, et al.
Harm Reduct J
. 2022 Aug;
19(1):99.
PMID: 36038919
Background: People who use drugs in Scotland are currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of drug-related deaths. Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are harm reduction services that offer a safe, hygienic environment...
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Nicholls J, Livingston W, Perkins A, Cairns B, Foster R, Trayner K, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2022 Jun;
19(11).
PMID: 35682161
There is widespread support for the introduction of Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) in Scotland as part of a policy response to record levels of drug-related harm. However, existing legal barriers...
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Livingston W, Holloway K, May T, Buhociu M, Madoc-Jones I, Perkins A
Nordisk Alkohol Nark
. 2022 Mar;
38(1):22-34.
PMID: 35309092
Aim: Minimum Pricing for Alcohol (MPA) was enacted in Wales on March 2 2020. During the legislative process (i.e. consultation and parliamentary discussion), concern was expressed about the possibility of...
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Obafemi-Ajayi T, Perkins A, Nanduri B, Wunsch Ii D, Foster J, Peckham J
AI Ethics
. 2021 Dec;
2(4):635-643.
PMID: 34870283
Today Artificial Intelligence (AI) supports difficult decisions about policy, health, and our personal lives. The AI algorithms we develop and deploy to make sense of information, are informed by data,...
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Thrash A, Hoffmann F, Perkins A
BMC Bioinformatics
. 2020 Jul;
21(Suppl 4):249.
PMID: 32631298
Background: A key use of high throughput sequencing technology is the sequencing and assembly of full genome sequences. These genome assemblies are commonly assessed using statistics relating to contiguity of...