It is possible for funders to buy innovation, but it requires a different approach than funding ongoing services. Why innovate? Funding services or innovation, not both (PDF)
Tag Archive for drug services
Druglink article 1999 – Touchy subject, explosive matter: volatile substance abuse by Keith Owen
Solvent abuse kills more young people than ecstasy, the law tries to restrict supply but what about service provision? Touchy subject, explosive matter: volatile substance abuse (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – An eye on the children by Joy Barlow
An eye on the children (PDF) Joy Barlow, one of the initiators of the Hidden Harm report, on what has has been learned and what remains to be done Hidden Harm was a seminal report from the Advisory Council of the Misuse of Drugs…
Druglink article 2013 – The end of the road by Neil McKeganey
Neil McKeganey argues that there should be standards or guidance to help determine how long drug treatment, whether a medical or psychological intervention, should continue. The world of UK drug treatment is being influenced by two big ideas that, to an extent, are pulling…
Druglink article 2013 – Dignity in death by Chrissie Dawson
Could the Six Steps of the national End of Life Care Pathway be applied to support people who are homeless and use substances? In Southampton, the rise in frequency of hospital attendance at A&E among people who were homeless and using substances, particularly alcohol, prompted commissioners…
Druglink article 2013 – Taking stock by Paul Anders
Over 165 services took part in the first national ‘State of the Sector’ survey conducted by DrugScope on behalf of the Recovery Partnership, looking at the impact of a range of recent changes on services and service users. Paul Anders looks at why…
Druglink article 2013 – High Times by Max Daly
The 2013 survey focusses on young people and the rise in their use of new synthetic drugs. Not many are coming forward to services – but outreach work tells a different story. New synthetic drugs (also called ‘legal highs’ or ‘new/novel psychoactive substances’) are…
Druglink article 1999 – Doctors with attitude: More GPs do care by Chris Ford and Iain Ryrie
An assumption has developed that most GPs resist caring for problem drug users, but this negative view, generated by specialists, media and the GPs themselves, goes against the evidence. Doctors with attitude: More GPs do care (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Black services eclipsed: viewing the world through white lenses by Ma Kkaya Nefertari
Many words have been published about drug services aimed at visible minorities. In practice, culturally specific services are closing and professionals from minority communities feel isolated. Black services eclipsed: viewing the world through white lenses (PDF) Additional keywords: diversity /…
Druglink article 1999 – At home with diversity: Race, rehab and drugs by Annette Dale-Perera and Finola Farrant
Of all the sparse provision for Black and minority ethnic drug users, that provided by residential rehab has probably been the least satisfactory. But with quality standards on the way, rehab will need to learn that diversity begins at home.…