Joy Barlow on the impact of the recovery agenda on workforce development. The drug policy landscape and its focus on recovery, enshrined initially in the Scottish drug strategy in 2008 and then the UK strategy in 2010, required a sizeable shift in workforce development. For…
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Druglink article 2003 – Models of care: is there a GP in the plan?
Despite recent initiatives to increase the involvement of GPs in the treatment of drug users Chris Ford and Jenny Keen argue that Models of Care ignores all this, writes doctors out of the script and so, is fatally flawed. Models…
Druglink article 2003 – Whose community is it anyway? by Dan McIntyre
Everybody these days wants to engage with ‘the community’ to encourage bottom up rather than top down responses to a range of social issues including drugs. But what, asks Dan McIntyre is the ‘community’ ? Whose community is it anyway?…
Druglink article 2003 – Small is beautiful and Scottish by Justine Walker
Previously we have reported on the tensions within the sprawling bureaucracies which make up the drugs ‘industry’ in England. But in Scotland, writes Justine Walker, size has been one of the key ingredients for creating successful partnerships between Scottish Executive…
Druglink article 2011 – Drugworld diaries by Tim Sampey
It’s a busy week for me in February. Kensington and Chelsea’s service user group has been commissioned to design and run a borough-wide peer mentoring service, and today we began our inhouse training. We have interviewed and selected nine peer mentors from the volunteers who work in…
Druglink article 2011 – Local zeroes by Sara McGrail
The government is ambitious for solving the problems they see inherent in delivering public services. But could local disinvestment leave drug services struggling to cope? In the first of two articles assessing impact of these changes on the sector, Sara McGrail looks at…
Druglink article 2011 – Skirmish in Suffolk
In November last year it was announced that Iceni, a long-running frontline drug service which gained nationwide recognition in the wake the murder of five Ipswich sex workers, would have its funding cut. Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) opted to end Iceni’s contract following a tendering…
Druglink article 2011 – Rehab UK: full house or bleak house by Harry Shapiro
Back in the day, residential rehabs were pioneers in UK treatment provision and practice. However despite the recovery agenda, commissioning practice and the apparent failure of some rehabs to evolve mean further tough times ahead. Rehab UK: full house or bleak house (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – Building for the future: creating a dynamic workforce by Peter Mason
Concern about capacity building within drug services mirror those across the whole NHS. But, argues, Peter Mason, the reality of recruitment difficulties opens the way for more creative thinking. Building for the future: creating a dynamic workforce (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – When is a wait not a wait? Ask Doris by Joanne Neale and Michele Roberston
One of the key performance indicators for treatment services is to reduce the amount of time people spend on waiting lists. But statistical sleights of hand on waiting times are notorious. Here we report on Scottish research in this area.…