A coroner has recommended the Victorian government trial a supervised injecting room in north Richmond, amid an unprecedented spate of heroin overdoses.

Coroner Jacqui Hawkins held an inquest in December into the death of Ms A, a 34-year-old who overdosed from heroin on May 30.

The City of Yarra collects more than 200 used syringes from the streets every day. Credit:Eddie Jim

In findings released on Monday, she recommended that Minister for Mental Health Martin Foley take necessary steps to establish a trial of a safe injecting facility.

She also recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services expand the availability of naloxone, a drug used to reverse heroin overdoses, and review funding for services that support drug users in the region.