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Substance misuse treatment: the NHS and the third sector both have important roles to...
[…] partner agencies – including NHS Trusts – to help people access support on a range of issues, whether that be education, employment or training, benefits, housing or mental health, all crucial ingredients in a person’s recovery from addiction. The HSJ and Guardian articles argued that the unit cost of inpatient detox and residential rehab services […]
A week’s units ‘for the price of a coffee’
[…] example of an evidence-based policy that saves lives and money.’ This year’s Alcohol Awareness Week, meanwhile, runs from 16-22 November and takes the theme of alcohol and mental health (DDN, November, page 5). Change Grow Live has developed a short online quiz to help people find out if they are drinking dependently and the kind […]
Staying ahead of the inspector
[…] inspectors of social care and primary care. CQC has been quite open about its priorities, saying that ‘the changes will come into effect in NHS hospitals and mental health trusts first, because we recognise that there is an urgent need for more effective inspection and regulation of these services.’ It goes on to say that […]
Nearly two thirds of opioid users in treatment, says PHE
[…] services, and states that increases in drug-related harms are largely among a ‘small but growing number of vulnerable, older entrenched heroin users’ who experience poor physical and mental health. ‘The number of drug misuse deaths has increased over the past 20 years, with a significant rise in the last three years, to the highest number […]
‘Don’t go cold turkey this January – get long-term help’
[…] in harm reduction to help individuals recover at their own pace, and one-to-one support with a recovery professional. Their ‘top tips for recovery in 2017’ include ‘Look after your mental health and wellbeing’, ‘Be inspired by connecting with peer mentors’ and ‘Know that there is light at the end of the tunnel – never give up.’
Let’s get radical – confronting fears on harm reduction
[…] had especially hit young people and the poor, and had seen an associated rise in drug and alcohol use, accompanied by more cases of blood-borne viruses and mental health issues. One of the problems was that effectiveness of harm reduction services could often only be proven over the long term. Coupled with a lack of […]
‘Dedicated funding’ needed for Combating Drugs Partnerships
[…] in communities that experienced additional stigma and discrimination, and the impact of drugs on families. Lack of capacity in wider parts of the system – such as mental health and housing – were also a challenge for CDPs, it says. It was important to note that while local authorities received ring-fenced funding from OHID to […]
Keep ketamine as class B, says ACMD
[…] recommendations are for a national patient safety alert on ketamine to be cascaded to all NHS health organisations, and that drug services, education and social care providers, mental health services, primary care and hospitals should ‘work collaboratively to deliver holistic support’ – including drug treatment alongside specialist urology, pain management, hepatology and gastroenterology services. ‘The ACMD report highlights […]
Dame Carol Black appointed independent drugs advisor
[…] well as advising on local delivery through local drug partnerships. ‘While there had been significant steps forward there were still major challenges, including the ongoing siloing of mental health and substance services’ ‘I am pleased to welcome Dame Carol Black’s reappointment as independent advisor on drugs,’ said public health minister Ashley Dalton. ‘Dame Carol has […]
Government launches HIV action plan to ‘tackle stigma and end transmissions by 2030’
[…] support’ people not accessing treatment and bring them back into care, the government says. An estimated 5,000 people are no longer in treatment, with reasons including addiction, mental health issues, poverty or fear of judgement. HIV is now ‘entirely manageable’, the government states – ‘with the right treatment people can live long, healthy lives and […]
InnerLife Recovery: An Exclusive Rehab in Spain for Long-Term Healing
InnerLife Recovery offers a private, confidential, and individually tailored rehabilitation experience for clients worldwide, specializing in treatment programs for addiction, mental health conditions, and eating disorders. Limited to just eight clients at any one time, the setting fosters personalised care, privacy and community within a warm and discreet environment. Set in more than forty acres […]
In the loop
[…] cry. Because no recovery is the same and there is no single solution. Not everybody feels disconnected. Not everybody has accessibility problems. Not everybody struggles with their mental health. Not everybody works and needs out-of-hours support. So we’re ideal for the socially isolated, whether that’s through mental or physical health problems, people feeling disconnected or […]
Funding uncertainty sees NHS tobacco services cut
[…] their stop smoking services as a result of budget uncertainty, according to new data published by ASH. Services have already been decommissioned in six acute and two mental health trusts across three integrated care boards (ICBs) – the organisations responsible for planning local health services – the charity states. Hazel Cheeseman: ‘We risk turning a public […]
Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services
CDARS aims to improve the mental health, well-being and recovery capital of individuals experiencing mental health issues, substance and alcohol misuse and neurodiversity. Recognising a crucial support gap in Neurodiversity, our mission is to empower each service user to discover their unique needs, and leverage them strengths, and foster resilience, enabling them to thrive and […]
Why self-employment support matters for people with complex barriers
[…] unstable income as high-risk borrowers. Lack of formal qualifications: Many aspiring entrepreneurs may not have the formal education or credentials often seen as prerequisites for business success. Mental health and wellbeing issues: These can severely impact confidence, motivation, and the ability to engage with mainstream business support. Social stigma and marginalisation: Individuals with criminal records, […]
Homeless people disproportionately at risk of hep C, charity warns
[…] can lead to substance use and sharing of needles, and we see people who are homeless facing many other conditions alongside a hep C infection, including poor mental and physical health.’ The quicker hep C infections were treated the less likely people were to eventually develop liver cancer, she stressed. ‘The longer their health […]
Harm reduction first
[…] actually engage with, he said. A BROADER VISION Speakers throughout the day emphasised the importance of trauma-informed design, lived experience leadership, and truly integrated care across housing, mental health and physical wellbeing. The discussion around drug consumption rooms (DCRs) was a focal point of this broader vision for inclusive harm reduction. Ryan Connolly shared insight […]
Back to reality
[…] Hall trial was led by the head of medicines management within the DARS (drugs and alcohol services) team. The proposal and costings were approved by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Delphi proposed to complete case studies for each PRB client to measure qualitative and quantitative data. INCLUSION CRITERIA AT INITIAL PROPOSAL PRB […]
First… do no harm
[…] ‘initial, and in some cases, only’ point of contact with a range of marginalised people – according to WHO figures around two thirds of people with severe mental health conditions are also smokers. The Understanding Tobacco Harm Reduction course is open to anyone, with ‘only one eligibility requirement’, says KAC co-founder and emeritus professor at […]
North Wales nurse who lost her brother runs London Marathon this weekend for drug...
[…] of running the London Marathon to raise money and awareness for WithYou, a national charity supporting more than 100,000 people with problems with drugs, alcohol or their mental health across England and Scotland. Alex Jones with daughter (left) and mother (right) Following the loss of her brother four years ago, who struggled with a problem […]
Opening doors
[…] greet services should be national and not confined to specific service providers. As drug and alcohol practitioners we need to work closely with our colleagues in healthcare, mental health and discipline. Again, I have been fortunate in that I have always believed that I have worked successfully with my colleagues from other disciplines, but sadly […]
A place to thrive
[…] from; the emotional or physical trauma they may have suffered; the opportunities they have for education, training and employment; or an investigation of their wellbeing, physical and mental health. And so on. It is these issues that reveal the catalysts and journey to addiction for people and will often suggest the likely trajectory of their […]
Hidden harm
[…] questions about their masculinity and/or sexuality, leading them to self-isolate and suffer alone. Survivors of MST often endure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and other complex mental health conditions. The betrayal by fellow service members and the institutions meant to protect them leads to deep-seated mistrust, shame, and self-doubt. Many are left feeling marginalised, […]
Phoenix Futures residential services
[…] seven 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 our residential services offer: […]
How holistic recovery differs from traditional rehab
Rehabilitation can be helpful for people in recovery and in need of mental health treatment. However, there are times when the traditional approach can address more of the surface-level problems rather than your overall quality of life. Taking a different path — like holistic recovery — can open up doors for your body, mind, spirit […]
DDN March 2025
We’re in it together to improve mental health The idea that we may have become desensitised to mental health suffering – even if it’s because we’re overstretched and under intense pressure – is unpalatable (cover story, page 6). So what do we do with this knowledge that patients/clients are being stripped of dignity and hope […]
Prison system came ‘dangerously close to collapse’, says interim sentencing review
Measures to ease the ‘great strain’ on the probation system could include wider use of ‘drug, alcohol and mental health treatments’ Capacity pressures on the prison system brought it ‘dangerously close to total collapse’ last year, says the interim report of former justice secretary David Gauke’s Independent sentencing review. The prison population has grown rapidly […]
DDN February 2025
[…] is going more slowly than she would like, three years on from her independent review (p14)? There have been clear areas of progress but the disconnect on mental health between drug treatment and the NHS is one of the issues we’re not yet getting to grips with. If you can contradict this, we’d love to […]
Room to live
[…] to make decisions. So everyone builds services based on that, and by the time it gets to the beneficiary you’re basically saying, “Can you please have your mental health breakdown between 9.30 and 4.30?” We end up dancing to the tune of the system, and I just got hugely disillusioned with that.’ He decided the […]
Family journey
[…] support for families hasn’t gone away and never will. Needs have become ever more complex, with financial difficulties, the cost of living, domestic abuse and violence, and mental health issues all contributing. Furthermore, families’ voices still suffer stigma and struggle to be heard. ‘What’s needed, but has so often been lacking, is an integrated approach […]
Humankind merges with Richmond Fellowship
Humankind has completed its merger process with national mental health charity Richmond Fellowship, the organisations have announced. The move forms a new national charity to ‘better support those with multiple/complex needs, including mental health, alcohol, drugs and other related areas’. A new board and group executive management team has been appointed from the leadership of […]
Breaking barriers
[…] long-term effects. The women that we support at Ophelia House come from diverse backgrounds with individual life experiences – however, we’re seeing common intersecting experiences, including co-occurring mental health support needs, domestic violence and experiences of coercive and controlling behaviour. Many women have experienced the heartbreak of losing children to the care system or are […]
Turning Point teams-up with Double Impact and Framework to launch Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership
[…] in Nottingham. People with lived experience of recovering from drug or alcohol issues will be on hand to support people every step of the way. A dedicated mental health team will be available to support people with both mental health and substance use issues. The service also has an increased outreach capacity and a number […]
Adfam at 40
[…] families have become more complex and long-lasting in recent years, highlighting links with financial difficulties and the cost of living, links with domestic abuse and violence, and mental health to name but a few. What’s needed, but has so often been lacking, is an integrated approach to supporting these families, as the substance misuse almost […]
A path to recovery: Kelly shares her recovery story
[…] support her family and to help fund her drug use. Kelly was able to mask her substance use for a time but after deep struggles with her mental health alongside drug use, her children were placed into care. After reaching breaking point, Kelly sought support from local drug and alcohol support service, WithYou in Darlington […]
Power in Practice
[…] and by putting their script on hold I’ve made them the centre of attention in the pharmacy and forced them to attend the service on a ‘bad mental health day’. Service users have shared similar feedback around being forced to collect daily supervised medication, rather than being provided with a week’s medication at once. These […]
Remodelling our alcohol support
[…] brought together a multi-disciplinary team within Humankind to discuss and review our alcohol support options. The group recommended greater focus on the full complexity of physical and mental health needs, as well as those of our diverse populations, a broader focus on alcohol treatment as a specialism and a new look at how we see […]
Government complacent on ‘appalling’ toll of alcohol harm, says Commons committee
[…] appalling and the benefits of every £1 spent on treatment are immediate and obvious,’ said committee chair Meg Hillier MP. ‘It is linked to over 100 illnesses, mental disorder and suicide and to 42 per cent of violent crime. It also costs the NHS and wider society at least £25bn a year with inflation […]
Step by step
[…] Hertfordshire, who led the workshop. ‘Caring is tough whatever the rules,’ she said. ‘It’s hard work and often a battle. The impact is on your physical and mental health – it’s a huge, huge issue.’ It was even difficult to get people to identify with the label of carer. ‘Some drug and alcohol carers feel that […]
Lukewarm response to gambling white paper
[…] because of any so-called vulnerability. They have been sold highly addictive products, designed and promoted to keep them gambling, no matter what. Gambling addiction is a recognised mental health disorder. Somebody has neglected to tell this to Lucy Frazer, secretary of state at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who has rolled out tired […]
Bringing care to the streets of Hackney
[…] the community-with the new Clinical and Well-being van. Rough sleepers are often most at risk from death at this time of year and beyond. Because many have mental health issues, no fixed address and chaotic behaviours, many services find that they are most ‘hard to reach’. Rough sleepers will often fall between the cracks in […]
There’s no one size fits all when it comes to support services for under-represented...
[…] for under-represented racial and ethnic communities. At With You, we know that people from under-represented racial and ethnic communities can face significant barriers when accessing support for mental health or drug use. The latest research into ethnic inequalities in healthcare suggests that many under-represented groups face clear barriers to seeking help for mental health problems, and are […]
Get engaged
[…] may experience depression and anxiety and struggle to manage their emotions, build healthy relationships or trust others. People who experience trauma are at risk of developing serious mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder. Using drugs and alcohol can help to numb the difficult and overwhelming symptoms related to trauma, but over time this puts […]
Fifty areas to get enhanced treatment funding
[…] of Services for England. ‘It’s important to remember that problematic drug use is often a reaction to people’s surroundings,’ he said. ‘Issues such as rising homelessness, poor mental health and a lack of economic opportunities in some areas can all lead to people using drugs. With this in mind, there’s no surprise that drug related […]
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Penrose Pom Poms for Peace
Two of SIG’s Penrose groups in Luton are using a group art project to promote mental health. Since the war broke out in Ukraine, many organisations have mobilised and started fundraising and donation efforts to assist those displaced or otherwise affected by the war. But two of our Penrose groups in Luton have focussed their […]
International Women’s Day – Profiling SIG’s Women – Muriel Gutu
[…] in-house training and supervision to nurses and leads in their recruitment. Career and challenges faced Muriel’s nursing career started many years ago. She initially worked in acute mental health and as a community psychiatric nurse, then focused on substance misuse. She worked in community settings with drug and alcohol teams within the NHS, working as […]
Sharing the lived experience of people who have accessed our residential services
[…] really down, I didn’t know how to process my emotions, so I never spoke to anyone about how I was feeling. As the time went on my mental health was getting worse, it escalated when I was mugged, which really knocked my confidence and made me feel more anxious. I started smoking weed and drinking […]
Grass roots
[…] supporters, for helping us to ensure Roots will continue in Luton for years to come.’ Roots believes in the power of gardening to transform people’s physical and mental health, offering a range of opportunities to learn new skills, help reduce social isolation, and promote positive mental and physical wellbeing. Members and volunteers shared what Roots […]
Duchess of Cambridge gives keynote speech at launch of Forward’s new campaign
[…] to become an addict. But it can happen to any one of us. None of us are immune. Yet it’s all too rarely discussed as a serious mental health condition. And seldom do we take the time to uncover and fully understand its fundamental root causes. The journey towards addiction is often multi-layered and complex. […]
Emotional Rescue
[…] regulation is a skill like any other that can be learned, practised and employed. In our Phoenix Futures residential rehab services, this idea is central to our mental health initiatives. Learning to understand what emotions are and why we have them is an important first step in taking charge of your life. Ask yourself, ‘what […]
Cultural understanding
[…] knowledge gained by those with first-hand experience of addiction and multiple disadvantage. Our approach is holistic and culturally sensitive, enabling individuals to access support with addiction recovery, mental health and additional wellbeing services. We offer a range of activities, including one-to-one and group support, counselling, aftercare, leadership mentoring, personal development workshops and specialist training to […]
Understanding resilience in carers: An online study
[…] or overlooked group of family carers, who can feel excluded from general carers’ support. Research has also indicated that carers of people with comorbid substance use and mental health problems report more anxiety and worry than carers of those who do not use substances. Altogether, this makes it feel particularly important to include carers of […]
Drugs & Me
Drugs & Me is a social enterprise that provides services centered around drug harm reduction, as part of an upcoming network of mental health tools brought to you by the Mental Health Education Foundation. Website: https://www.drugsand.me/
Anna Freud
Anna Freud have been supporting children and young people’s mental health for over 70 years, combining science with lived experience to changes lives. They offer internationally respected training and conferences team deliver practical and advanced training to allied mental health professionals. Courses include: Suppporting children and young people with alcohol and substance use disorder, reducing […]
The Dame Carol Black review is a major opportunity to revitalise how we support...
[…] skills of our workforce. This review holds the potential for long-term, meaningful change. We are pleased to see the review highlight the link between drug dependency and mental health. These services must work better together and the review provides a timely, welcome challenge to the sector to develop our approach in this area. Mental health […]
Sexual healing
[…] The problematic consumption model of online pornography benefits from the ‘triple A’ factor – anonymous, accessible and affordable. Addiction/Compulsion? Love and porn addiction isn’t recognised as a mental health condition by the recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Instead, sex addiction, masturbation addiction, and porn addiction are usually referred […]
SIG Penrose Partners with ELFT
[…] has announced a partnership with the East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) to deliver an exciting new pilot project that will support timely and effective discharge from Bedfordshire’s mental health wards. The project launched on 8th April 2021 and will run for 15 weeks. SIG Penrose is working in partnership with the ELFT to deliver a […]
Loaded Language
[…] options and that health is a human right. The NHS was on the principle that good quality healthcare should be accessible regardless of wealth, but people with mental health and addiction treatment needs are still waiting for that to ring true. The continued underfunding of the sector means that every year more and more people […]
Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?
[…] to being in a domestic violent relationship, something that we can take a closer look at here. We are hearing more and more about the importance of mental health and mental health support, and it is understood that if you’ve experienced childhood neglect or abuse then it can have a negative impact on your mental […]