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Andrew Brown

A heavy burden

Two new pieces of research suggest how much alcohol consumption continues to be an issue for acute health services at a time when resources…

2 min readDec 22, 2015

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A heavy burden

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Andrew Brown

“ We all get by you know?”

It is estimated that about 60% of people who are dependent on heroin in England are in structured treatment, but the numbers coming into…

3 min readDec 21, 2015

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Andrew Brown

Existential crisis or exciting new future?

What’s next for drug and alcohol treatment in England?

3 min readDec 14, 2015

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Existential crisis or exciting new future?

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Andrew Brown

Heroin users in drug treatment in England

Last year half (52%) of the people in the drug and alcohol treatment system in England were being treated for a dependence on heroin.

4 min readDec 8, 2015

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Heroin users in drug treatment in England

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Andrew Brown

Drug and alcohol treatment in England in 2014–15

You may have seen that Public Health England’s annual report about drug and alcohol treatment came out yesterday. This is the first time…

5 min readDec 4, 2015

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Drug and alcohol treatment in England in 2014–15

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Andrew Brown

Four charts — property crime and the availability of drug treatment

Today the ONS have produced an analysis of property crime. As the chart above shows the long term trend in falls for these crimes…

3 min readNov 26, 2015

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Four charts — property crime and the availability of drug treatment

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Andrew Brown

Early thoughts on the Spending Review

As the dust starts to settle around the Chancellor’s announcements what can we take from it?

3 min readNov 26, 2015

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Early thoughts on the Spending Review

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Andrew Brown

Waiting on the Chancellor

People who might benefit from treatment [for conditions, such as drug or alcohol addiction] should get the medical help they need so they…

4 min readNov 25, 2015

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Waiting on the Chancellor

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Andrew Brown

Working age benefit recipients in drug or alcohol treatment

Back in February 2015 the Conservative Party floated the idea that they would want to look at what could be done to incentivise people with…

4 min readNov 5, 2015

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Working age benefit recipients in drug or alcohol treatment

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Andrew Brown

Spawned by punk

Before Vienna, Ultravox sounded like this…

1 min readNov 4, 2015

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Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Former Director of Policy for @DrugScope now working with @MindCharity @MEAMcoalition & @Addaction. All views mine etc.

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