Former Director of Policy for @DrugScope now working with @MindCharity @MEAMcoalition & @Addaction. All views mine etc.
Two new pieces of research suggest how much alcohol consumption continues to be an issue for acute health services at a time when resources for public health interventions are falling.
The first finds that 70% of the weekend A&E visits in one inner city hospital were linked…
It is estimated that about 60% of people who are dependent on heroin in England are in structured treatment, but the numbers coming into treatment are falling. Those in (and who have been through) treatment appear to be better protected from drug related deaths; and treatment…
Last year half (52%) of the people in the drug and alcohol treatment system in England were being treated for a dependence on heroin.
That’s almost 153 thousand people.
You may have seen that Public Health England’s annual report about drug and alcohol treatment came out yesterday. This is the first time that they have chosen to report drug treatment and alcohol treatment collectively — which has some benefits…