11 June 2009

DRUGS

Residential Drug Treatment Services: good practice from the field (June 2009)
This report is based on interviews with the local drug partnerships and services that scored highly in the Tier 4 commissioning and provision theme of the 2007-08 Healthcare Commission and NTA service review. These partnerships and services described their practices, from which a number of key themes emerged. This report describes these themes, for commissioning and providing Tier 4 treatment.
Report
Summary


Measuring the harm from illegal drugs - A summary of the drug harm index 2006 (5th June 2009)
This report summarises the harms of illegal drugs including drug-related crime, community perceptions of drug problems, drug nuisance and the various health consequences that arise from drug abuse.
Summary


Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use (10th June 2009)
This tenth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on drug use. The report contains 46 different indicators of drug use relating to the individual, community and population across all nine English regions; with additional analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible. The Executive Summary is also available as a separate document.
Report


Evaluation of Phase Two of the Liverpool Peer to Peer Project - May 2009 (9th June 2009)
The Peer to Peer Project (P2P) was originally developed by Lighthouse Project (LHP) in 2006, to deliver a programme of training modules to past and current drug users in Liverpool and Sefton, with the main aims of challenging misinformation, increasing knowledge of safe drug using practices and encouraging the dissemination of this information throughout substance using communities. This report presents the evaluation findings of Phase Two of the P2P Project.
Report

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