Weekly news - 12th August 2011 |
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Proposals to modify the format of the NDTMS annual statistical report on adults in treatment
The NTA is proposing a number changes to the content and format of the annual National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) statistics report for 2010/2011. These are set out here - We would welcome comments and responses from the treatment sector | NTA, UK
Payment by Results co-design group consultation
Draft outcomes for piloting payment by results for drug recovery. Joint response from | DrugScope and the UK Drug Policy Commission, UK
Expressions of Interest Local Approach to Payment by Results
The Ministry of Justice has developed a local approach to payment by results, which is designed to test the extent to which local partners can work together more effectively to reduce crime and reoffending. The Ministry of Justice is seeking to procure research to evaluate the approach. Full document | Home Office, UK
Consolidation and review of the misuse of drugs regulations 2001
The consultation will run for 12 weeks. The closing date for responses is 28 October 2011 | Home Office, UK
Drug-related Deaths Down for Second Consecutive Year
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland has fallen for the second year in succession Documents here | Registrar General, Scotland, UK
Seen but not heard – young people’s treatment issues
This is a critical time for the development – indeed survival – of young people’s services | Dr Marcus Roberts, DrugScope, UK
Housing and recovery: meeting the challenge
Briefing for the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drug Policy | The Recovery Partnership, UK
Hostels Good Practice Guidelines
Good practice guidelines on hostel accommodation: the views of homeless drug users | Brookes Drug and Alcohol Research Group, UK
The role of emergency hostels and night shelters in supporting homeless drug users
This study seeks to increase our understanding of the support needs of homeless drug users who stay in emergency hostels and shelters in order to improve policy and practice | Brookes Drug and Alcohol Research Group, UK
Social services must house homeless mental health clients
The Court of Appeal decided that local authorities had a statutory duty to provide accommodation to those in need of "care and attention" due to mental health problems or traumatic experiences | Community Care, UK
July Structural Reform Plan progress reports published
The Government has published July progress updates for each department’s Structural Reform Plans. DoH - Home Office | Prime Minister’s Office, UK
The seven deadly charity myths
Charities and voluntary organisations have been highlighting the impact that cuts in government funding are having on the most vulnerable people in society. We've done it too today with the launch of this report, which we think is the most robust set of estimates yet | National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK
Pub crawl - alcohol use among students attending organised drinking events
Little is known about actual levels of alcohol consumption on student pub crawls in the UK. This study will address this gap in knowledge by measuring and monitoring alcohol consumption, blood alcohol levels and drunkenness amongst students on pub crawls across three English cities | Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Seven key messages of the alcohol industry
The intention of this brochure is to inform professionals about the attempts made by the alcohol industry to influence alcohol policy globally and to subsequently arm them against the industry’s methods to prevent effective policies from being made | European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing
Prescription drug use among detainees: Prevalence, sources and links to crime
Concern regarding the diversion and non-medical use of prescription pharmaceuticals continues to grow as anecdotal evidence and other research points to a sizeable increase in the illegal market for such drugs. Download | Australian Institute of Criminology
Whole of Government Victorian Alcohol and Drug Strategy
The Consultation Process
'Children of the Drug War', a new book
A unique collection of original essays that investigates the impacts of the war on drugs on children, young people and their families - free download | IHRA
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011
This report is the third in a series of WHO reports on the status of global tobacco control policy implementation | WHO
Baroness Browning is confirmed as keynote speaker for DrugScope conference
Delivering drug and alcohol services: Rising to the challenge. London, 2nd November, 2011 9.00am - 4.30pm | DrugScope, UK
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