Weekly news - 15th July 2011 |
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Healthy lives, healthy people: update and way forward
This policy statement reaffirms the Government's bold vision for a new public health system. It sets out the progress we have made in developing our vision for public health, and a timeline for completing the operational design of this work through a series of Public Health System Reform Updates. Download | Department of Health, UK
Payment by results
Views sought on outcome definitions for ‘payment by results’ drug and alcohol recovery pilots. Detailed comments should be emailed by 3 August to: pbrfordrugsrecovery@dh.gsi.gov.uk | Department of Health, UK
Piloting Payment by Results for Drugs Recovery - draft outcome definitions
A Co-design Group - consisting of representatives from local partnerships in the pilot sites and central cross government departments and experts from the field – has been developing proposals to measure these outcomes and set eligibility criteria | Department of Health, UK
Drug Treatment and Testing Orders: Guidance for Schemes
The emphasis of a DTTO is on drugs treatment as the primary means of reducing offending behaviour rather than the specific offence focused approach of a probation order | Scottish Government, UK
Annual Accounts 2010/2011
National Treatment Agency, UK
Viral hepatitis in Scotland - treatment and prevention challenges
This conference was a unique networking opportunity aiming to bring together leading clinical experts and the entire hepatitis voluntary sector in Scotland to explore the potential for future work. PDF versions of presentations | Hepatitis Scotland, UK
New crime of squatting proposed
A new crime of squatting has been proposed by Justice Minister Crispin Blunt as part of a range of proposals designed to protect both home and business property owners from the problem | Justice.gov, UK
Crime in England and Wales 2010/11
This is the tenth report in an annual series combining crimes recorded by the police and interviews from the British Crime Survey (BCS) for the financial year 2010/11 | Home Office, UK
Youth attitudes on drugs
Analytical report | European Commission
Eurobarometer report released
The European Commission have released the results of its fourth survey exploring Youth attitudes on drugs. Fact sheet | EMCDDA
National Minimum Data Set - specifications and collection manual
Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set 2011-12: specifications and collection manual | AIHW, Australia
Alcohol-related deaths on the rise in Ireland
Statistics published by the Health Research Board (HRB) show a rise in alcohol-related deaths in Ireland for the years 2004-2008 | HRB, Ireland
2011 National Drug Control Strategy - Full report
The full report | ONDCP, USA
2011 National Drug Control Strategy - Budget summary
Budget Summary | ONDCP, USA
Denial of Petition To Initiate Proceedings To Reschedule Marijuana
Accordingly, and as set forth in detail in the accompanying DHHS and DEA documents, there is no statutory basis under the CSA for DEA to grant your petition to initiate rulemaking proceedings to reschedule marijuana. Your petition is, therefore, hereby denied | Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, USA