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[…] change. I can see it may help with the current harm reduction/maintenance philosophy, but for those of us working with an abstinence based model of treatment, this policy is of very little help, as experienced by the detrimental consequences of these ‘rooms’ throughout the Netherlands. Neil Angus, drugs project worker and former heroin addict Letters
Welcome to Esh Community
[…] and stability of the co-occurring mental illness. In general, mental health disorders can dramatically improve when the drug/alcohol misuse is treated. Detox and Treatment Residents are medically assisted through detox and then encouraged to explore and understand the underlying causes of their addictive behaviour away from everyday distractions. Twice weekly 1-2-1 professional counselling, daily […]
Equinox Churchfield and Cherington
Churchfield Road is a 12 bed recovery focussed accommodation for individuals in active addiction whose homelessness is a barrier to accessing and or committing to treatment packages and goals. Staff work with service users to access and maintain treatment and reduce negative impact on themselves and the wider community. Cherington Road is a 5 […]
Voyage of discovery
[…] it”’. The first winning entry was the Phoenix Forest, where a tree is planted for everyone who’s stayed drug or alcohol free for a year after completing treatment. ‘We do an annual planting and it’s a mark on the landscape for recovery – there’s all sorts of symbolism from that, because you normally plant […]
Seamless Systems
[…] high drug related deaths in this group. This is something that was recognised by Dame Carol Black’s review, which stated the importance of ‘keeping prisoners engaged in treatment after release – improved engagement of people before they leave prison and better continuity of care into the community.’ Furthermore, it’s one of the performance indicators […]
Redressing the Balance: How to Reduce Drug-Related Deaths.
[…] of where else in the health, or any other sector, would those aged between 40-49 years be classified as ‘old’? Others call for overdose prevention sites and heroin assisted treatment. Both are legitimate and evidenced-based suggestions, but they would require additional funding that is separate from the traditional local authority funding. We are now more frequently […]
Xylazine now in UK drug market, warn King’s College researchers
The powerful non-opioid tranquiliser xylazine has infiltrated the UK’s drug market and is ‘not limited to heroin supplies’, according to a new report by researchers at King’s College London (KCL). The UK’s first xylazine death was a 43-year-old man in Solihull. The drug, known in the US as ‘tranq’ or ‘tranq dope’ – especially […]
Opiates and cocaine ‘bigger global health threat than ever’
[…] over 35 increasing from under 30 per cent to more than 50 per cent in the ten years to 2016-17. However, the numbers also point to declining heroin use overall – while heroin remains the most common substance for which people seek treatment, the percentage of those reporting it as their main drug has fallen […]
‘Help Me Stop’ launch new London Dayhab Service
[…] the UK. Former EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook spoke out publicly about her own struggles with addiction Help Me Stop is taking a major step to making rehab treatment accessible to all, launching their first centre last week. Branded ‘rehab in the real world’, experience in the US has shown Dayhab to keep two in […]
Scotland’s drug death toll at record high
[…] per cent of the deaths were males and more than a third occurred in the Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS board area. One or more opioids including heroin, morphine or methadone were implicated in, or potentially contributed, to 86 per cent of the total. Worryingly, methadone was implicated in, or potentially contributed to, 47 […]
Achieve your potential with the Pavilion
Pavilion Rehab The Pavilion is a stunning residential drug and alcohol treatment centre situated in picturesque private grounds, just outside Lancaster, with easy access from the M6. Our 18 – bed facility delivers an approach that encompasses a combined clinical and therapeutic intervention that is delivered safely and effectively to support treatment completion. Our […]
Through the gate
[…] Institute (YOI) Littlehey is a purpose-built category C prison which holds convicted and sentenced adults and young adults. The average number of patients engaged in substance misuse treatment is typically around ten to 15. The treatment regime for substance misuse was based on a recovery-focused approach and risks at release for these patients were […]
Liberty to change
[…] the Philadelphia Department of Behavioural Health to help to oversee the introduction of ‘recovery-orientated systems of care’ across the board. The City of Philadelphia’s drug and alcohol treatment and mental health services are integrated into one comprehensive system, working via a network of agencies and collaborating closely with criminal justice, education and child welfare […]
Sowing recovery at ESH Works
[…] new clients or family members that were referred to us, or that came as self referrals (as most did). As a service user involvement organisation we also assisted in writing the service specification for Warwickshire’s new ‘integrated’ drug and alcohol services – and we stressed that the service had to be integrated to stop […]
Start2Stop Ltd
Start2Stop is a leading London private sector provider of addiction treatment. We have been offering outpatient treatment for people with binge-pattern addiction problems since 2010. Since 2012, we have been providing residential secondary and tertiary treatment. At Start2Stop we believe that everyone with an addiction problem has an intrinsic motivation to change and the […]
Turning Point teams-up with Double Impact and Framework to launch Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Lincolnshire County Council has appointed a partnership of Turning Point, Double Impact and Framework to deliver its Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Service. The contract, with a value of approximately £8 million per annum, will deliver an integrated all-age substance use treatment and recovery service, and went […]
Becoming visible: homelessness
[…] cent of people were leaving prison with naloxone, when the odds of death from overdose were eight times higher without it. ‘We should be getting people into treatment and keeping them there,’ he said, explaining that people were nearly twice as likely to die when they were out of OST. Treatment should also involve […]
Birchwood Residential Treatment Centre
Birchwood is an inpatient residential treatment centre providing a range of services for drug and alcohol users in need of in-patient care. Birchwood is part of Kaleidoscope, a drug and alcohol charity that has been providing community and residential substance misuse treatment services across the UK since 1968. We offer tailor-made treatment packages for […]
London gets first dedicated detox unit for homeless people
[…] health issues experienced by people who are homeless are often complex and entrenched, and there are no quick fixes.’ The facility will ‘plug a known gap in treatment facilities dealing with serious alcohol and substance dependence’, says PHE. A report by St Mungo’s published last year found that at least 12,000 people experiencing homelessness […]
Hard Miles
[…] blood-borne virus testing to homeless people housed as part of our Everyone In scheme (DDN, September 2020, page 6), which spread awareness about the virus and the treatments available’. Stores of Hope While the situation was still ‘incredibly challenging’, said event chair Vicky Hobart – the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) head of health – […]
‘Whole-system approach’ needed to tackle prison drug deaths
[…] particular risk of a drug-related death in transition between prison and the community, it states, with just over 60 per cent of prison leavers failing to attend treatment appointments despite the high risk of relapse and overdose. Better collaboration between health, criminal justice and community staff is needed to encourage continuity of treatment, the […]
Promotional feature: Stigma: Hepatitis C and drug misuse
[…] C care is important to help empower people with the virus to access help. Hepatitis C affects thousands of people in the UK. Despite the availability of effective treatment options for hepatitis C, the rate of treatment for the virus in people who inject drugs is extremely low.1 If left untreated, hepatitis C can cause […]
Be well aware
[…] person – the whole point of it for me is about getting people on board and making it more personable. You say “save the life of a heroin addict” and most people will walk by. There’s always been a hierarchy, and heroin is at rock bottom.’ The campaign also reinforces the importance of understanding […]
Sefton Park
Located in a Grade II listed building close to the beach, Sefton Park is a specialist private rehab and one of the leading addiction treatment centres in the UK. Our treatment approach is person-centred and personalised to meet the specific needs of each client. Offering affordable programmes including detox, primary and secondary treatment and […]
Reaching out: painkillers
[…] great deal of patients addicted to prescribed painkillers as well,’ says Royle. As with the benzos, ‘these patients are never going to roll up at an addiction treatment service on the high street – but that doesn’t mean that there’s not tens of thousands of them out there, people who’d say “I’ve never been […]
Scotland expands naloxone provision to community pharmacies
[…] seems to know that Scotland has an astonishing rate of drug-related deaths and that was before we saw this emerging trend of new synthetic opioids within the heroin supply,’ said Scottish Drugs Forum CEO Kirsten Horsburgh in August. ‘Alarm bells should be ringing all over government and all through the treatment and support services […]
Afghanistan sees shift from opium to methamphetamine production
[…] the five years to 2021, it says, from 2.5 tons to just under 30 tons. The Taliban introduced its opium ban in 2022. The UNODC found that heroin trafficking had continued, but at a lower rate, since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and introduced its opium ban a year later. Many people […]
Bosence farm residential addiction treatment
At Bosence we offer detox, 12-step based rehab and stabilisation to people aged 18 or over who need drug or alcohol treatment.
Oregon recriminalises drug possession
[…] possession. Oregon’s drug policy attracted national and international attention Oregon’s landmark Measure 110, which was passed in November 2020, made the personal possession of all drugs including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine subject to no more than a $100 fine (https://www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/campaigners-hail-monumental-victory-for-us-drug-policy-reform/). However, new legislation has been signed off by the state’s governor, Tina Kotek, recriminalising […]
ARC (Addiction Recovery Centre)
In 2006 we launched ARC, a new kind of UK rehab for alcohol and drugs. We find that each individual responds better to two or three treatment methods, but not everything works for everyone. So for our desired level of deep change to be possible for every single client, ARC’s unique rehab model uses […]
The price of a drink
[…] with an alcohol problem it clearly isn’t a silver bullet. Access to effective help is vital, and the recent report The hardest hit spelled out that the treatment system is at crisis point (DDN, May, page 4). One of the reasons identified was lack of political support – is that simply down to competing […]
More questions than answers
[…] once they retire. This resistance is not only to legislative change; there is a reluctance to back service options for which there is supporting evidence, such as heroin assisted treatment (HAT) and drug consumption rooms (DCRs). HAT has a lengthy history in the UK; from the original ‘British System’, through the work of Dr John Marks […]
The realms of possibility
[…] not available.’ He first entered treatment at 19, the beginning of a long period of being ‘in and out’ of services, he says. ‘Once I started using heroin and crack cocaine it was initially a matter of me saying, “I can stop if I want to stop” but it soon became apparent that it […]
Shared perspectives
[…] die depending on reaching such services. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cohort of around 500 people in Vancouver who have access to clean pharmaceutical heroin, or hydromorphone. Hydromorphone isn’t used a lot in the UK but it’s kind of like North America’s legal heroin. It’s also much cheaper than importing heroin […]
PROMIS Clinics – Hay Farm
[…] during treatment, and Hay Farm offers an exclusive 12-bed facility featuring comfortable and stylish rooms with en-suite bathrooms. We integrate a wide range of cutting-edge treatment and experimental treatment like equine assisted psychotherapy, alongside intensive traditional one-to- one therapies in a programme individually tailored to the client. Website: https://promis.co.uk/ Telephone: 01304 841 700 Email: enquiries@promisclinics.com
Case dismissed
[…] service providers and charities in the sector, looked at what must change (DDN, July/August, page 5). Only 12 per cent of prisoners who were previously dependent on heroin left prison with naloxone in 2017-18 A look at the ‘substantial harms’ that contribute to the unacceptable death rate showed that many prisoners were still being […]
Picture This
[…] was followed by a second phase of support that shifted the emphasis from drugs to improving self-awareness and self-esteem and developing emotional intelligence. ‘As an ex-crack and heroin user, I know from personal experience that the most important step in life is the one you take when you start to give back,’ he said, […]
Your letters
[…] not everyone who comes into treatment will succeed (DDN, August, p14). As he indicates, research and experience demonstrate that opioid substitution therapy (OST) succeeds in helping bring heroin addicts to abstinence (but only in 3 per cent of cases). We also know that 12-steps succeeds in 20 to 30 per cent of cases […]
WDP responds to new commissioning quality standards
Photo by Marcin Nowak on Unsplash WDP has welcomed the publication of a national adult drug and alcohol treatment commissioning quality standard by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). These new standards were one of the key recommendations of the second part of Dame Carol Black’s review of drugs and were agreed […]
Hepatitis C Peer Education
[…] peer educator at Addaction Bournemouth – Read the full article in DDN Magazine I caught hepatitis C back at the start of the ’80s and didn’t get treatment until 2010. I wasn’t always treated particularly well by the medical profession back then. It was clear they thought I’d brought it on myself and weren’t […]
NHS to double number of gambling clinics
[…] people referred for help with gambling issues, almost a third up on the previous year and a four fifths increase on the year before that. The new treatment centres will be in Blackpool, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Thurrock, and offer CBT, family therapy and aftercare, NHS England states, bringing the treatment […]
Back to life
[…] manslaughter which was the culmination of a troubled young life. ‘I had my stomach pumped at 11-years-old due to alcohol intake,’ he says. ‘My mother was a heroin user and an alcoholic and passed away when I was 18 because of a heroin overdose. I carried on drinking and taking more drugs until this […]
Mount Carmel Chairman awarded Rehab Chair of the Year
[…] small, independent, affordable, not-for-profit residential rehabs who are working very hard, putting the clients first, and dedicated to their abstinent recovery. There are many approaches to addiction treatment across the UK, but I am very pleased to be working in this particular sector. ‘We’ve never faced a greater existential threat than we face now. […]
All Being Well
[…] positive relationships that are conducive to recovery. From this it’s reasonable to conclude that improvements can be experienced from the point an individual decides to change. Addiction treatment services can leverage this to make the transition from addiction to recovery a more optimistic experience – one where positive engagement can help motivate an individual […]
The inspector calls
[…] probably aware that inspections have switched within CQC to the Hospitals Directorate. This means that the focus of inspection is now firmly on the quality of the treatment on offer rather than the social care matters, which predominated previously. You will probably also find that, alongside the allocated inspector, there may be a ‘specialist […]
Public service
[…] reducing gambling harm inequalities; building capacity among health and community services to improve their response, and improving the coherence, accessibility, diversity, and effectiveness of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS). A whole-system approach is needed to achieve this, says Osmond, with GambleAware recognising the ‘many other organisations, networks and individuals that already play a […]
Your letters
[…] reduction is? It is not only clean needles and medically assisted therapies, with the possibility of more low threshold services like safe injecting rooms and increased supervised heroin/morphine prescribing. How many people in recovery (from addiction and mental health issues), especially the ageing cohorts, need modest doses of different mood-altering substance to live reasonable […]
Words into deeds
[…] money spent behind achieving those’. Prof Dame Clare Gerada: Needs ‘joined-up effort’ on underlying causes ‘I broadly welcome the strategy – it’s about trying to bring people into treatment, providing them with evidence-based treatment, looking for the people who are hard to reach, and trying to prevent people from getting into substance misuse in the […]
Boost for BBV testing among London’s homeless population
[…] document analyses cross-London data and includes interviews with people involved in setting up and delivering the initiatives. By November, more than 40 people had started hep C treatment, demonstrating the importance of continued hep C testing outreach for the homeless population if London is to meet the NHS England target for elimination by 2025, […]
Government bans 11 synthetic opioids
[…] of MDMA and psilocybin to allow prescribing by authorised psychiatrists for certain mental health conditions. Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) will permit prescribing of MDMA for the treatment of PTSD and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression from 1 July. The decision ‘acknowledges the current lack of options for patients with specific treatment-resistant mental illnesses’, and […]
Helping hands
Jenni Parker tells DDN about the Aurora Project Lambeth, a social enterprise that offers volunteer-led peer mentoring to people in treatment. The Aurora Project Lambeth is situated in a quiet office on Stockwell Road in Brixton, south London and was set up three years ago by a group of service users from Lambeth. The […]
Deadly Serious
[…] the grief, there was an undercurrent of anger. Anger that their loved ones hadn’t been given any real care and that they had been failed by a treatment system that they felt not only couldn’t help, but didn’t fundamentally understand what it takes for recovery to be initiated and sustained. ONGOING TRAUMA As we […]
Another record high for Scots drug deaths
[…] Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran, Lanarkshire, Lothian and Tayside. Almost 95 per cent of deaths were among people who’d taken more than one substance, with heroin and morphine implicated in more than half of the total, a higher rate than any previous year. Street benzodiazepines were implicated in 64 per cent of […]
Scotland sees fall in injecting levels
[…] were over 35, compared to less than a third in 2006-07, and as in previous years almost three quarters were male. However, the proportion of people reporting heroin as their main drug has fallen from almost two thirds to 35 per cent over the same period. The sharing of needles and syringes was reported […]
Brink of success
[…] in 2008, and when she came back to the UK she put the idea to her employers, Action on Addiction, who ‘weren’t that keen’, she says. ‘ Treatment was what they knew. They didn’t really know about community development or social enterprise, but eventually I just wore them down. I kept saying that if […]
Obituary
[…] career in the London theatre before his drug use eventually got the better of him. He’d been struggling with the implications of the policies of his local treatment provider when he learned about the Methadone Alliance, and had Bill Nelles, the Alliance’s founder and director, advocate on his behalf. It wasn’t long before Alan […]
Dark days review of the year 2015
[…] ‘full blown regression’. JUNE New substances are now being identified at a rate of two a week, the latest EMCDDA European drug report warns, although demand for heroin appears to be ‘stagnating’ across the continent. Delegates at the RCGP’s national drug and alcohol conference argue that GPs need to stay central to substance treatment, […]
Fall in suspected Scottish drug deaths
[…] done to turn this public health emergency around. Getting people into the treatment which works for them is key and we continue to embed the new medication- assisted treatment (MAT) standards which reinforce a rights-based approach for people who use drugs and the treatment they should expect regardless of their circumstances. We also aim […]
Breaking bonds
[…] sex working, unstable care histories – in a high percentage of cases.’ As the women don’t have time to turn their lives around, or even to properly engage with services, access to treatment is ‘a really key issue,’ she says. ‘There are differences across the country and some very good practice, but one of the problems in some areas is that when mothers […]
Wise up
[…] over-50s alcohol-specific helpline, available seven days a week. The idea was partly to try to reach out to people who would normally be unlikely to consider accessing treatment services, she says. ‘We already know that only about one in five people who are alcohol-dependent are in treatment anyway, and we feel that would be […]