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All the latest news: Policy Practice Innovation Treatment Drug Use Trends

Here you can find over 400 posts tracking every major development in the substance misuse sector since 2011. You can keep up with latest treatment stats, funding news, policy developments and treatment innovations. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Poor court services deny access to justice

The welfare of Detained Persons is at risk due to poor communication, delays in the provision of appropriate healthcare provision and incomplete personal data.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Dying on the streets

St Mungo’s reveals a dramatic increase in the proportion of people sleeping rough who have died with mental health support needs from 2010 to 2017

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Universal credit system still failing

Universal Credit has taken significantly longer to roll-out than intended, may cost more than the benefits system it replaces, and the DWP will never be able to measure whether it has achieved its stated goal of increasing employment.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

United Kingdom Drug Report 2018

The latest EMCDDA drug report on the UK makes for an interesting read and confirms stabilisation of drug use but a continued fall in the number of drug offences.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Online alcohol screening works

Online alcohol intervention allows people to find out how risky their drinking is with a two-minute Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

Drug-related murders

EMCDDA report finds that in 13% of all English & Welsh homicides, both murderer and victim were drug dealers.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

2018 Alcohol stats

There were 5,507 alcohol-specific deaths in England in 2016, a 4 per cent increase from 2015 and an increase of 11 per cent on 2006.

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