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DDN June 2019
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Before it’s too late
[…] significant issues that need to be urgently addressed. This has included people excluded from OST as they’re testing negative for opiates, with clinicians unaware that some ‘brown’ heroin may contain no diamorphine and that nitazenes won’t show up on an OPI screen. There is a colossal training need – for drugs services, wider healthcare […]
Drug poisoning admissions continue to rise
[…] people in contact with alcohol and drug services, to 14,485 – down 40 per cent from a decade ago. Almost 90 per cent of young people accessing treatment did so for cannabis, with 44 per cent for alcohol, 14 per cent for ecstasy and 10 per cent for powder cocaine. Less than 1 per […]
Promotional Feature: Made to Measure
[…] their guaranteed cure and cannot entertain the possibility that there might be an alternative, even backing up claims with a degree of pseudoscience. The history of addictions treatment has been peppered with similar stories and as practitioners you can feel that you need to pick a side, which changes as often as the seasons. […]
Letters
[…] Drug-free hero David Prentice states: ‘While the healthcare profession may not have all the answers to “cure” addiction, I’m yet to encounter one type of treatment that can.’ Which is confirmation of Lord Mancroft’s statement that: ‘The healthcare profession can’t cure addiction.’ Mancroft doesn’t say that addiction cannot be cured – only […]
Doing it together
[…] came from Abigail Kearley, Turning Point’s national service user involvement lead. She spoke on behalf of Julie Rose, a mother who tragically lost her son to a heroin overdose. On a day when we were presented with a lot of statistical information this was a powerful reminder of the real people those numbers represent. […]
Capturing Quality
[…] employees and trust them to work with our clients in a person-centred way in order to achieve positive, client-defined outcomes. However, we also want them to follow treatment manuals, specific interventions protocols and defined service procedures, so that we deliver a service that is tangible and consistent. We’d already decided that ISO9001 was the […]
Phoenix Futures – supporting you with residential treatment
[…] use. We have six residential services across the UK each with their own specialism and unique features including an enhanced therapeutic community offering a blended approach to treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use, a trauma responsive female-only service and specialist family services that support parents, their children and pregnant women. All of […]
DDN March 2019
[…] very strongly was that we need to take others along with us as we move – not just peers and colleagues, but people who are not in treatment or connected to services. We know that many drug-related deaths are outside of treatment, and Rosanna O’Connor of PHE was among those urging us to reach […]
MUP having little effect on dependent and harmful drinkers
[…] programme of mixed-methods research’ to examine patterns of alcohol purchasing and consumption among people drinking at harmful levels, including those dependent on alcohol and people engaged with treatment services. It also studied the impact on other key groups, such as family members and people living in remote or rural areas. The research included interviews […]
The Losing Hand
[…] NHS will fully fund its own gambling services from April onwards, following unease among clinicians and patients around the perceived conflict of interest of industry funding for treatment. May will see the NHS open two new gambling clinics, in Southampton and Stoke-on-Trent, to complement its existing services in Leeds, London, Manchester and Sunderland, as […]
News in brief
[…] the highest levels of alcohol-related harm – often those with high levels of social deprivation – are also the most likely to be reducing funding for alcohol treatment, according to Alcohol Concern. Its Measures of change report looks at how the transfer of public health responsibility to local authorities has affected alcohol services. ‘Only […]
New psychoactive substances detected
[…] and drug control policies’. The British government has recently moved to introduce a blanket ban on all NPS (DDN, June, page 4). Meanwhile, although problems relating to heroin continue to ‘account for a large share of drug-related health and social costs’ across the continent, demand for the drug appears to be stagnating, says the […]
A question of why
[…] confidently deliver effective interventions. In order to do that, useful insights can be drawn from a field that is not necessarily the first go-to within substance use treatment – that of existential philosophy. Existentialism is a philosophy that is concerned with finding self and the meaning of life through free will, choice, and personal […]
Another record year for England and Wales drug deaths
[…] change significantly but we believe that it can be done if drug deaths are treated as a health crisis rather than a criminal matter. For too long, treatment and support for people who use drugs has been side-lined and there needs to be a joined-up national approach to public health planning that ensures people […]
Recovery rising
[…] I attended the official launch of Hope Springs, a new recovery centre in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, where Mark Gilman, recovery lead at Public Health England, talked about the heroin explosion on the Wirral in the mid-80s. Mark said that nearly 30 years later, people on the Wirral were ‘finding recovery’ with the same people who […]
Scotland sees slight fall in drug-related deaths
[…] poverty and in the failure of our education, care, criminal justice, housing and welfare systems to make effective early interventions to support vulnerable people and their families. The treatment system in Scotland is under scrutiny and there is clearly government concern about the failure to implement new standards in treatment. Leadership in that area is […]
May issue
Road to ruin? Challenging the governments recovery road map The government’s ‘roadmap’ for a recovery-based treatment system has rung alarm bells with many respected organisations in the field, despite its declared principles of ‘wellbeing, citizenship and freedom from dependence’ (news focus, page 6). Opposition goes beyond drug and alcohol treatment to those working in […]
Scots signal drug policy shift
[…] published it in 2008,’ she said. According to the Times, Campbell stated that a ‘public health response’ to problem drug use would require ‘safer injection rooms or heroin-assisted treatment’. While plans to launch the UK’s first consumption room in Glasgow were approved by city officials almost 18 months ago (DDN, November 2016, page 4) […]
Government rolls out drug recovery wings
[…] peer support and incentives such as extra gym time to reward progress. They can then move to the new recovery wings for six months of further intensive treatment, where they will be encouraged to work towards abstinence from all drugs including substitute medications. The approach will ‘follow them through the prison gate, with offenders […]
Problem drug use ‘not a personal failing’, says SDF manifesto
[…] drug use is neither ‘a lifestyle choice nor a personal failure’, states a new manifesto published by the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF). A culture change in drug treatment is needed to give people the services they want, urges Drugs: policy and aims – a manifesto for Scotland. Preventing problem drug use means ‘addressing its […]
Ketamine use: advice from the experts on harm reduction
The growing popularity of ketamine use is not matched by knowledge within treatment services. Sara Woods went to harm reductionists Mat Southwell and Amy Massey for some clear and informed advice. Ketamine is popular in a few regional pockets in England. It is particularly prevalent at squat parties in the big cities and the […]
Recovery rocks!
[…] current campaign ‘Labels’, which will be presented at upcoming events as part of their continued work to highlight stigma and the effect it may have on someone’s treatment journey and mental health and wellbeing. As experiences and research have shown, many people still don’t engage with treatment services or take full advantage of the […]
Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers
[…] latest initiative to attempt to tackle the country’s ever-worsening opioid crisis. The initiative would address the factors fuelling the crisis, he said, including ‘insufficient access to evidence-based treatment’ as well as both the supply of illicit drugs and over-prescription by medical professionals. The number of opioid overdoses in the US has quadrupled since 1999, […]
The Right Choice
[…] the first time that a client told me he wanted to go to rehab. I was working in a community drug service and my client was using heroin chaotically. He had lost his job and his family and was on the cusp of becoming homeless. Yes, rehab seemed the perfect solution. I told my […]
Dame Carol Black welcomes new approach to mental health and substance use treatment
[…] opportunity to reflect on progress and any challenges. The service is viewed as a model of best practice, directly responding to issues with current drug and alcohol treatment provision outlined by Dame Carol’s landmark independent review of drugs and the Government’s subsequent 10-year drugs plan. Emma Cormack, Service Manager from Humankind, said, “We know […]
WDP launches newly refurbished recovery hub in West Berkshire
[…] its service users and community partners at its newly refurbished recovery hub. WDP West Berkshire launched in April 2022 and provides a range of drug and alcohol treatment and support for adults and young people. The event at the site on Station Road in Newbury was attended by Mayor of Newbury, Gary Norman, Councillor […]
Prepare for your CQC Inspection
[…] inspector making their unannounced visit to inspect your service and, potentially, decide your future. The latest news from CQC is that they have told all substance misuse treatment providers that the start of the inspections of all ‘independent standalone’ services will begin in July 2015. This basically refers to residential rehabilitation services. Until then, […]
Unlocking the path to recovery with Ark House
Ark House – Scarborough – arkhouserehab.co.uk – 01723 371 869 For three decades, Ark residential drug treatment service in Scarborough has been a beacon of hope for individuals seeking to overcome addiction and reclaim their lives. A legacy of success Ark has become a trusted name in addiction recovery. Since our establishment 30 years […]
WDP Harrow rated ‘Good’ by CQC
[…] in decisions and care planning”. The report shares that staff “developed holistic, recovery-orientated care plans informed by a comprehensive assessment” and that they “provided a range of treatments suitable to the needs of service users and in line with national guidance around best practice.” The inspectors also identified areas of outstanding practice in the […]
Championing recovery
[…] and games at the all-day event at Sandall Park, which celebrated mutual aid and recovery, while helping to reduce stigma. The day increased knowledge about access to treatment, and helped sustain addiction-free recovery and what works beyond medical treatment. Organisers reached out to those who are still suffering with addiction who may fear accessing […]
Leeds peer support launched for people with hepatitis C
[…] support group in Leeds,’ said Karen Towning, BBV Nurse at Forward Leeds. ‘There can be a lot of worry and uncertainty for people about getting hepatitis C treatment. There can also be a lot of stigma with the disease.’ Around 216,000 people in the UK have chronic hepatitis C, which prevents the liver from […]
Half of people living with HIV are over 50
[…] with diagnosed HIV are now aged 50 or over, according to the latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). This reflects the ‘success of HIV treatment in enabling people with HIV to live long, healthy lives’, the agency states. There were 3,805 HIV diagnoses in England in 2022, a rise of more […]
Adfam at 40
[…] Adfam’s chief executive Vivienne Evans Adfam was established in 1984 by Simon Ann Dorin, who could not find the support she needed to deal with her son’s heroin use. In its early years, Adfam was run by volunteers using the vestry at the back of St George’s Church in Campden Hill, West London. Over […]
Weighing up the odds
The estimated 450,000 people in the UK with a gambling problem are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to getting access to treatment. DDN reports – read the DDN article on gambling here. Weighing up the Odds Date: TBC Central London Gambling is available everywhere we look. On the TV, the high street, online […]
Improved support needed for older people
[…] time: tackling substance misuse in older people, while alcohol-related death rates among over-75s are now at their highest recorded level. While the aging population being treated for heroin problems has become, according to Public Health England (PHE), one of the ‘key features of drug treatment in England’, and many of the trends highlighted in […]
12th February issue
[…] most persistent strand running through our readers’ survey responses was alcohol, alcohol services, lack of money for alcohol. Putting all the pieces together, you get a very disjointed picture of treatment and funding. Detailed documents such as the NTA’s 205-page long effectiveness review of alcohol treatment (see page 7) give interesting and valuable research – but are the key themes finding […]
DDN 2020 December/Jan
‘There are much-needed glimpses of hope’ Our news in this issue leads with the positive results of the heroin assisted treatment pilot in Middlesbrough – a scheme whose dramatic impact has resulted in funding to evaluate it, Armedand which will hopefully encourage further roll-out. These are the moments we must look for in a terribly difficult […]
More support needed for older people with drug and alcohol problems
[…] time: tackling substance misuse in older people, while alcohol-related death rates among over-75s are now at their highest recorded level. While the ageing population being treated for heroin problems has become, according to Public Health England (PHE), one of the ‘key features of drug treatment in England’, and many of the trends highlighted in […]
Hep C deaths down 16 per cent
[…] says PHE. Around 113,000 people in England are estimated to be living with chronic hep C, with up to 79,000 of them undiagnosed. Improved access to new treatments has also led to a fall in the number of people needing liver transplants, with a 53 per cent drop to a ten-year low of just […]
Home from home
[…] repairing relationships with loved ones is one of the most important and motivating factors behind their recovery. Evidence confirms that visits are conducive to improved outcomes throughout treatment and emphasises how a regular structure of contact with loved ones can provide a welcome balance to the hard work required throughout residential treatment. COVID-19 COVID-19 […]
Helping addicted parents
[…] close supervision and guidance of a multi-disciplinary team. The second film tells the story of one young couple facing an uphill battle to overcome their addiction to heroin so they can care for their two-year-old son. Leanne Smullen: ‘We spent a long time ensuring that the TV production company shared our values.’ The documentary […]
30th June issue
[…] about Jane’s experience as she walked into a family support service is a powerful reminder of what support services are about (page 6) – whether they are drug treatment services, carers’ support networks, or the wider services that help put life’s building blocks back into place. Her overwhelming relief that there were people there who not only […]
Getting real
[…] while accepting this diversity of experience, public perception of ketamine is that it has become a drug that causes significant damage, giving it a status equivalent to heroin and crack. Of greatest concern is the rise in worrying health conditions such as ketamine bladder syndrome and ketamine dependency, which pose new challenges to both […]
News in brief
[…] (ATS) – a category that includes amphetamine, methamphetamine, methcathinone and ‘ecstasy group substances’ – were the primary drug of use for 70 per cent of people in treatment in the Asia Pacific region in 2011, according to UNODC. The drugs are now either the first or second illicit drug of use in 13 of […]
Residential Drug Treatment – What happens in drug and alcohol rehab?
[…] part of the rehabilitation process, from the minute you step through the door. They may have a particular ethos or be able to offer different options for treatment, but a period of stabilisation will be essential. Detox Detoxification from drugs or alcohol is usually the first step, with a focus on healing the body […]
Begin your healing journey with Gladstones Clinic
[…] treat We confidently and successfully treat addictions to substances as well as behavioral compulsions and disorders. Our detox and rehab programmes cater for alcohol, and drugs like heroin, ecstasy and cocaine as well as other common behavioral disorders like eating disorders, gambling addiction or sex and porn addiction. We provide the following residential detox […]
Scottish Government committed to tackling ‘public health emergency’ of record drug deaths
[…] health and social care, the government stated. The taskforce’s final report, which was published last summer, called for a ‘major cultural change’ and a new kind of treatment system defined by quality and genuine choice (https://www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/time-for-a-complete-culture-change-says-drug-deaths-taskforces-final-report). Concentrated social deprivation was a major contributory factor to the crisis, it said, along with a healthcare system […]
Budget cuts could reverse falling drug use rates among young people
[…] young people’s services particularly vulnerable as provision often comes via ‘a patchwork of funding streams’ and a perception of them as peripheral to ‘core business’. While many treatment services for young people have so far been protected from budget restrictions, wider youth services that play an important role in ‘drug prevention, problem identification and […]
DDN May 2018
[…] duty to take account of the evidence. The prison population has expanded rapidly and institutions are bursting at the seams. Lana Durjava’s study of people who used heroin in prison (page 6) shines a light on the mismatch between incarceration and complex needs. The motivation is to self-medicate, to shut down responses and deaden […]
Recovery in the North West
[…] recovery movement The North West of England has a reputation for leadership and innovation in responding to the challenges of addiction. The Merseyside harm reduction response to heroin in the 1980s has taken on legendary status, while the comic capers of Manchester’s Grandpa Smackhead Jones and Peanut Pete were eagerly followed in the late […]
A moral imperative
[…] substance misuse services in the community and prisons. While NHS provision has changed in the last few years and just over a quarter all community substance misuse treatment systems are NHS, we continue to provide inpatient detoxification facilities nationwide and work in numerous prisons. Celebrating 70 years of the NHS, and in this time […]
Ark House Rehab Ltd
Ark House Rehab Ltd is a fully residential abstinence based 12-Step Treatment Centre. Founded in 1993 with the basic premise of offering low cost fully residential treatment, using the most successful method of treating addiction to date (the 12-Step Model of Alcoholics Anonymous) in order to bring treatment to all, not just those that […]
No time to lose
[…] had been changing rapidly since the Taliban’s ban on opium production and destruction of Afghan poppy fields – which had previously accounted for 95 per cent of heroin in the UK. As opium could be stored for ten years, tons had been stockpiled, but prices had jumped up in the last six months as […]
Opening doors
Drug treatment within custody needs an overhaul, says Alan Rushmore Drug treatment in prison lacks consistency and is over-burdened and over-complicated by assessment. It need not be so. Many clients will simply require an assessment of need and possibly a brief intervention. Others may benefit from coursework and/or individual support to confront their offending […]
Is Scotland closer to a consensus on drug treatment?
[…] page 4), being debated in the Scottish Parliament last month. Described as ‘thoughtful and measured’ by the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) – and as ‘clashes over methadone treatment’ by the Scotsman – the debate culminated in the passing of a motion that included recognition of the value of replacement therapies as part of a […]
Making rehab work for people involved with the justice system
[…] “In jail, you have to put up a front and not let your guard down in order to protect yourself.” Kelly too had a similar experience, using heroin at 14 and continuing until the day her son was born. Her first prison sentence came at age 17, and a further thirteen periods of imprisonment […]
News in brief
[…] problems can destroy their lives and their families,’ said chair of RCPysch’s Faculty of Addictions, Dr Raman Sahkuja. ‘It is vital that access to appropriate advice and treatment is available and well-funded, especially when considering that often people with alcohol problems participate in unhealthy gambling, and vice versa.’ A losing bet at www.alcoholconcern.org.uk […]
1st February issue
[…] public injecting demonstrates (page 14), many of the challenges of drugs work are much less visible and no less vital for it. The recent anthrax outbreak among Scottish heroin users demonstrates these challenges at their most extreme (cover story, page 6). Why was the public health response so inadequate? Would it have been an entirely different scenario […]
What state are we in?
[…] of the Recovery Partnership, undertook significant work to try to gauge the health and confidence of the adult community and residential parts of the drug and/or alcohol treatment system. The result was State of the sector 2013. Through a variety of means – an online questionnaire, regional events and telephone interviews – service managers […]