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22 September 2008 www.drinkanddrugs.net THE LONG HAUL Your fortnightly magazine | jobs | news | views | research CARVING NEW TRACKS Leaving drug use behind to seize life with both hands WHO’S LISTENING? After fi ve years of funding is FRANK cool enough for school? INNER DEVELOPMENT Equipping people to survive beyond treatment is […]

[…] the help they need for recovery MOVING TOGETHER Protecting young people from parental substance misuse HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING INNER PEACE HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING INNER PEACE Drug and Alcohol Teams, Social Services Look no further! No waiting lists – immediate beds available LUTON 24 hours, 7 days a week care 24 beds quasi-residential […]

[…] excluded and measures to show reductions in medication were included. Both would have given a more nuanced overview of how treatment is working. However the rise in drug related deaths is a major problem and the lack of detail or focus on harm reduction measures within the strategy is a worry. Harm reduction is the core […]

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[…] I am ver y saddened to see its good name dragged through the mud. The council has been involved in some groundbreaking work, such as Hidden harm,Reducing drug related deaths and most recently its challenging repor t on hepatitis C. The issue of cannabis, although it dominated airtime, is of minimal impor tance given the considerable […]

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[…] Web: www.blithesystems.com Leading the way in Substance Misuse computing The Brief 5-step Family Intervention (Professor Alex Copello) 9th November, 2009 Basic Management of Mental Health Problems for Drug Workers 18th November, 2009 Auditing for Substance Misuse Services 27th November, 2009 Advanced Management of Mental Health Problems for Drug Workers 15th December, 2009 (£100 per […]

[…] treatment budget www.drinkanddrugs.net Plus: TREATMENT DIRECTORY – p ull-out quarterly update of residential services 5 June 2006 News Round-up NHS iner tia failing Hep C patients | Drug consumption rooms ‘rational and overdue’ | FRANK gets bir thday thumbs up |Drug worker and team of the year awards |Bootle puts healthy food on the […]

[…] DDN reports from the first Connections Project conference in Krakow, where different countries shared innovative ideas on running better criminal justice systems. 12 DRASTIC MEASURES The controversial drug disulfiram, known as Antabuse, makes people violently ill if they drink while taking it. Richard Shrubb describes how it stopped him drinking when all else failed. […]

DRUG-USING SEX WORKERS – FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF VIO LENCE ‘Decriminalisation – let’s take it out of the back ‘Decriminalisation – let’s take it out of the back streets, let’s have a reasoned, adult debate streets, let’s have a reasoned, adult debate about this. It totally mirrors the drugs debate – about this. It […]

[…] education, particularly for younger prisoners. Gateshead gateway A new online resource for drug users in Gateshead has been launched in response to concern at the number of drug related deaths in the area. The website, which has been designed in consultation with drugs staff and clients, was commissioned by the Gateshead Drug Treatment Par tnership to […]

[…] including essential service user voices – is being harnessed to galvanise distribution of this life-saving intervention. WHERE DO WE FIT WITH PUBLIC HEALTHb... The change from NTA to PHE has removed the ring fence on treatment funding.  Rosanna O’Connor from  Public Health England gives us the state of play. MEANINGFUL ALCOHOL SERVICES… A personal perspective on keeping services relevant to the individual. 1.00pm-2.30pm: LUNCH, MUSIC, MINGLING – AND OUR FAMOUS EXHIBITION, with service user groups from all over the country, demonstrations, and a chance to relax in the therapy zone. Skills-sharing area featuring advice and action on naloxone ,  with Coact, Re leas e, NAG, NNEF and an inspiring group of activists. 2.30pm-3.30pm: Session three CLOSING SPEAKER… Richard McCann offers his remarkable life story to show how he met the challenge of tackling what life threw at him to explore his full potential. Unmissable inspiration. 3.30pm-3.b5pm: Closing remarks DDN is an inbepenbent publication, entirely funbeb by abvertising. Publishers:Partners: Fbdbration of  Drug and Alcohol Profbssionals Supporting organisations: 4 NEWS ‘Zero tolerance’ to NPS use in prison, says Chris Grayling. DDN’s round-up of local and national news. 6 NEWS FOCUS ‘I believe there could be deaths linked to this.’ The impact of synthetic cannabinoids and other NPS in the prison estate. 11 PRACTICE EXCHANGE Making services more female-friendly and providing a safe space for  problem drinkers. 12 PROFILE ‘The primary purpose of any business is to sell their product and make a profit.’ Alcohol Concern’s chief executive Jackie ballard on standing up to the drinks industry. 13 REVIEW DDN takes a look at recommended reading from the drug and alcohol  sector, as well as the best, and the worst, of the national media. 14 OPINION Hidden menaces and nice little earners – our readers share their views. […]

[…] Wilson. 9 Uncharted waters No one wants to stifle innovation, but many in the field are concerned at the lack of regulation alternative therapies on offer for drug and alcohol problems. David Gilliverlooks at how the door is open for the public to be fleeced – and worse. 10 Group action In a ‘fact […]

[…] conference that saw service users and professionals gather to debate the way forward and the true meaning of recovery. REGULARS 4 NEWS ROUND-UP : Coalition ditches welfare drug assessment pilots • UNICEF speaks out on Cambodian detention • Blow for Scottish minimum pricing • Government halts vetting and barring registration • Drink drive overhaul […]

[…] and partnersbips between locail autborities and bealtb aind criminal justice agencies bave deteriorated across tbe country, Professor Dame Carol Black told tbe Westminster Social Policy Forum’s Tackling drug addiction and substanceI misuse event. Tbe workforce, meanwbile, was ‘depleted and demoralised’, witb a falling number of professionally qualified pieople and ‘insufficient support to peer workers […]

[…] continue to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of people every year.’ www.release.org.uk Jay Stewart, Director for Public Health and Substance Misuse at Turning Point ‘ Drug related deaths are preventable deaths. Investment in high quality, free to access, evidence-based treatment services is critical, not only to protect communities from drug related crime and anti-social […]

[…] AGENDA w.drinkkarugsurr nekrcomd uIrimoorr Sdronirn rugdrr NkmnkmuaromIu1117 w.dr dd5r STI r unr-ddNr5kebIr s 5rsocngnor n rugdrsbd 5sr n2rgdsougrs 5r idooSdm brSnsk5I17 At last year’s RCGP conference we heard early warning shots on how localism could affect health priorities.  This year, with Public Health England in place and the NTA swallowed and almost digested, delegates had an opportunity to question public health minister Anna Soubry and confer with each other about the new landscape. In his column last issue ( DDN, May, page 11), DrugScope’s Marcus Roberts looked at the possible impact of localism on  drug and alcohol services; the conference confirmed that the picture is a confusing one, showing huge variation throughout the country. Are commissioners in a spin? Drug services under threat? Service user involvement on the back burner? Well it seems to depend on where you live, and the conference workshops brought out many concerns – as well as opportunities to knit together different services to make best use of resources for ‘whole person’ care. The positive message from the event was that there are many GPs and other health professionals who are passionately committed, not just to their own areas of expertise, but also to liaising with colleagues to make shared care as responsive as it can be. The challenge is to pull together to make sure localism never means exclusion. The conference was one snapshot; please let us know what localism means so far to your area. FEATURES 6 NEWS FOCUS What effect will payment by results have on the probation service? 8 JOINING THE DOTS  – COVER STORb This year’s GPs’ conference had the tricky task of linking primary care to each part of the new public health agenda, while urging colleagues to keep calm and carry on. DDN reports. 12 POSITIVE ACTION Phil Spalding tells Kayleigh Hutchins how the Hep C Positive project has raised awareness  about the virus in Swindon in the face of NHS reforms. 14 DEAD OR ALIVE Can reducing the ‘dead space’ in injecting equipment save lives, asks Jamie bridge. 16 […]

[…] experiencing as a result of COVID-19 has exposed how structural inequalities have contributed to high deaths rates due the virus, we have seen the same thing in drug related deaths for the last decade. It is no surprise that in areas of deprivation, where austerity has destroyed social safety nets, we are witnessing the highest levels […]

There were 4,859 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in England and Wales last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) – the highest since records began almost 20 years ago and 6 per cent higher than in 2020. More than 3,000 of the deaths were recorded as drug misuse deaths. As has […]

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Injecting Equipment. Source: Nigel Brunsdon Release has responded to the latest drug-related deaths figures announced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data released by the ONS shows 4,561 drug poisoning (i.e. ‘overdose’) deaths registered in 2020 in England and Wales, of which two thirds were related to ‘drug misuse’. The rate of […]

[…] but how do we get harm reduction messages to people who are young, ‘invincible’ and having fun? DDN reports. Jump to article Stand up and be counted: Drug users have a civic duty to ‘come out of the closet’ in order to bring about real political change, Professor Carl Hart told Constellations. Jump to […]

There were 5,448 drug poisoning deaths registered in England and Wales last year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) – up 11 per cent on 2022’s figure of 4,907. More than 3,600 of the deaths were registered as drug misuse, with the highest death rate – as in […]

National Record for Scotland’s latest data revealed that drug deaths in Scotland are tragically on the rise once again, after two years of decline. The increase of 12% represents a shocking 1,172 lives lost to drugs last year. Each one of these deaths may have been preventable, and Scotland retains the shameful tag of […]

[…] available at the click of a mouse – all driven by a well-embedded world­wide connected industry of retailers, wholesalers and chemists. Down at the sharp end, the drug treatment field has undergone some seismic shifts – moving from a political focus on harm reduction and crime prevention to recovery, accompanied by a removal of […]

There were 4,907 deaths related to drug poisoning recorded in England and Wales last year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure is 1 per cent up on 2021’s total of 4,859 and the highest number since records began 30 years ago.  The age-standardised mortality rate for […]

A ‘record’ £780m over three years to ‘rebuild the drug treatment system’ has been announced by the government as part of its much-anticipated new drug strategy. While every local authority in England will receive extra money ‘to combat drug and alcohol misuse’ over the next three years, those with the greatest need will receive […]

[…] (NICE), Technology appraisal guidance 114, Methadone and buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence 2007 . Available from: www.nice.org.uk/TA114 ONS. Statistical bulletin: Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2012 2013 . Available from: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health3/deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning/2012/stb—deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning-2012.html NHS Scotland Information Services Division. The National Drug Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report 2013. Available from: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Publications/data-tables.asp?id=1386#1386   Dave Marteau

[…] Misuse of Drugs 1971 Act has been used by the Scottish Government as an excuse for not implementing a proposed safe injection facility (SIF). Evidence indicates that drug related deaths are more prevalent in urban communities characterised by deprivation. Therefore the proposed first SIF site, Glasgow city centre, will have little impact on the target group […]

[…] risk with such strong drugs – they were never mixed evenly so strength was not uniform across the batch. Furthermore, ‘the market doesn’t just move to one drug – it mutates and becomes very messy,’ said Rolles. There were a ‘whole bunch of variations’ and the situation became confusing and chaotic. ‘I’m genuinely scared,’ […]

How easy is it to have any drug you want delivered to your door with no questions asked? This and other issues raised at HIT’s Hot Topics conference gave a revealing snapshot of changes in the drugs field, as Max Daly reports.  The change that has been buffeting the drugs field for the last […]

Last year saw 3,744 drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales, according to the latest ONS figures – 2 per cent higher than the previous year (DDN, October 2016, page 4) and the highest number since comparable statistics began in 1993. While the figure relates to both legal and illegal drugs, almost 70 per […]

Stopping the rise of drug-related deaths needs an innovative approach – such as paying drug users to stop using, says Neil McKeganey. The recent report of record number of deaths amongst drug users in Scotland (see news, page 4) is likely to lead to a fundamental review of how we are tackling Scotland’s drugs […]

The SNP is the latest political party to publish its manifesto, which repeats the party’s call for drug policy to be devolved so that the Scottish Government can ‘take all the steps needed’ to tackle drug-related deaths and harm – including the piloting of consumption rooms. The SNP have said drug-related fatalities are a […]

England and Wales have once again recorded their highest ever number of drug-related deaths, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). There were 3,756 deaths related to drug poisoning in 2017, a slight increase on 2016’s figure of 3,744 (DDN, September 2017, page 4) and the highest number since […]

[…] decided to canvass opinion on what the new government’s priorities should be. Mike Trace, chief executive, RAPt The first thing an incoming government should do is take drug and alcohol treatment seriously. While the period of top-level political attention and increased investment is over, it is still the case that effective drug and alcohol […]

[…] more to do with cost than effectiveness. It could be time for a reassessment, say Neil McKeganey, Christopher Russell and Lucy Cockayne Professor Neil McKeganey Within the drug treatment field there are few more controversial subjects than the role of substitute prescribing. For some people, drugs such as methadone and Suboxone represent a lifesaver, […]

[…] ‘The work of the NNEF is more vital than ever.’ ‘A 29-year-old kid dying of sepsis in 2018 in the UK’s second city.’ This was just one drug-related death of many, said National Needle Exchange Forum chair Philippe Bonnet, and reinforced why the focus on harm reduction must not waver and why the work […]

[…] deaths involving nitazenes across the UK, with many more yet to be confirmed via the coronial process. Nitazenes are not universally tested for when someone dies from drug-related causes – this means there are likely to be many more deaths than we are aware of where nitazenes have been involved. It’s also likely that […]

Drug-related deaths: A strong message from Addaction’s Mortality Matters conference was that treatment services need to put competition to one side and challenge the conditions that are allowing drug-related deaths to rise. DDN reports. How should we tackle the alarming increase in drug-related deaths head on, asked Addaction’s medical director, Dr Kostas Agath, […]

Turning Point’s latest Safer Lives Conference took place at a time of worrying changes in the UK drug market. The way we work will need to change too, says Deb Hussey. Deb Hussey, safer lives lead at Turning Point November saw us return to Birmingham for our second Turning Point Safer Lives Conference. A […]

[…] prioritise this issue,’ said Professor Anne Campbell of Queen’s University, who led the research. ‘This work will provide the evidence base for the nature and type of drug related deaths in Northern Ireland, the numbers admitted to hospital for overdose, the number of deaths that could have been avoided, and the number of young people and […]

Unlike in England, drug deaths in Wales have been falling since 2010 – a result that can be traced to Welsh public health policy and harm reduction practice, say Josie Smith and Chris Emmerson    As previously reported in DDN (October, page 4), according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a […]

The recent ONS drug-related deaths data revealed that fatalities involving cocaine rose by over 30 per cent last year (DDN, November, page 4), and currently stand at nearly ten times the rate of a decade ago. It’s crucial that a concerted effort is made by the government and public health services to tackle this […]

[…] this year’s RCGP and SMMGP primary care conference. DDN reports. ‘None of us need reminding about shrinking budgets and decommissioned services,’ said clinical lead for alcohol and drug misuse at NHS Nottingham, Dr Stephen Willott. Issues like the rising cost of buprenorphine were making matters worse, he said, and ‘while we’re told there’s an […]

More drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland in 2011 than in any previous year, according to figures released by National Records for Scotland. There were 584 deaths, says Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2011, an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year.  Six of the past ten years have seen increases, with […]

More than 320 drug poisoning deaths were registered in Wales last year, an increase of 44 per cent on 2020’s figure, according to new statistics from Public Health Wales. Sixty-five per cent of these were classed as drug misuse deaths.  Two thirds of the drug deaths involved a combination of drugs, including prescription medications […]

[…] are reports that were not featured in the July 2013 issue of DDN magazine. ‘Our policies are not our own’  Corruption and weak institutions are driving forward drug problems in Africa Weak institutions and high levels of corruption were exacerbating the drug problem in Africa, Isidore Obot of the Centre for Research and Information […]

[…] conference. ‘We’d all much prefer to be wise before the event,’ chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC), Juliet Lyon, told the Managing drug and alcohol problems in primary care conference. When it came to reducing drug-related deaths in custody settings there ‘could be a much greater use of harm […]

The ‘substantial upward trend’ in drug-related deaths was explored at the latest meeting of the Drugs, Alcohol and Justice Cross-Party Parliamentary Group, as DDN reports.   The greatest increase in drug-related deaths was seen in the most deprived areas, explained Dr Ben Windsor-Shellard of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with the North East […]

[…] and suicide are contributing to rising death rates in under-50s in the UK, says new analysis from the Health Foundation – in contrast to other wealthy countries. While drug-related death rates in peer countries have continued to decline, in the UK they have risen sharply The briefing document compares trends in mortality both within the […]

Sixty-three per cent of people who died a drug-related death in Scotland lived alone ‘all of the time’, according to new analysis by Public Health Scotland (PHS). The agency has published a review of the circumstances of everyone who experienced a drug-related death in the country in 2019 and 2020. Just under half of […]

The main potential barriers to the successful operation of drug-checking services are concerns over confidentiality and criminalisation, according to a study by the University of Stirling.  Photo from The Loop who are providing a drug testing service in Bristol. wearetheloop.org The policing response and trust in frontline staff would be crucial considerations, said participants […]

Bold policies such as decriminalisation and consumption rooms are needed to help reduce Scotland’s record rates of drug-related deaths, says a new report from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. While the country’s drug deaths crisis is ‘complex’, it says, much more could be done to address the issue. Consider the evidence base, […]

There were 1,172 deaths as a result of drug misuse in Scotland last year, according to the latest figures from National Records of Scotland (NRS) – 121 more than in 2022. Opiates and opioids were implicated in 80 per cent of the fatalities. Glasgow and Dundee saw the highest rates of deaths Almost nine […]

[…] triggered a reflection of its journey, and with the recent introduction of long-acting injectable buprenorphine Dr Georges Petitjean and Deanne Burch question what its future is within drug treatment services. Skip to part two ‘Weighing up the benefits’ where Dr Georges Petitjean and Deanne Burch explore different buprenorphine preparations, its use during the COVID-19 […]

[…] conference was ‘The Road Ahead’. As each speaker began to explore the theme, it became obvious that we needed to talk about the obstacles in our way. Drug law enforcement was bound to be at the top of the agenda for a conference that cares passionately about harm reduction. While drug use was ‘ubiquitous, […]

[…] left, so more and more will be relying on peer support. I think their role in aftercare is essential. ‘I have sat in too many meetings where drug related deaths are discussed, he added. ‘They always end with an acknowledge­ment that the figures will continue to rise. It’s almost as if we are resigned to a […]

[…] heroin-related deaths in England and Wales has doubled since 2012, from 579 to 1,201, according to the latest ONS figures. Last year saw the highest number of drug-related fatalities ever recorded with 3,674 poisoning deaths, of which 2,479 exclusively involved illegal drugs. Scotland also recorded its highest drug death toll in 2015, at 706 […]

[…] heroin-related deaths in England and Wales has doubled since 2012, from 579 to 1,201, according to the latest ONS figures. Last year saw the highest number of drug-related fatalities ever recorded with 3,674 poisoning deaths, of which 2,479 exclusively involved illegal drugs. Scotland also recorded its highest drug death toll in 2015, at 706 […]