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by daedalus_f 2504 days ago
I don't think direct heroin-assisted treatment has been commonplace in the UK for a long time. You need an individual license from the Home Office for diamorphine prescription [1], whereas the opiate replacement drugs can be prescribed by any medical prescriber (though in practice this tends to be only done by specialists and some GPs).

[1] - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/controlled-drug-domestic-licence...