Circle of Care (CC) originally developed as a recommendation from Melting the Iceberg of Scotland’s Drug and Alcohol Problem: Report of the Independent Enquiry (2010). A CC can be described as a group of people who meet together to support the individual achieve what they aspire to…
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Druglink interview 2013 – Paul Hayes by Harry Shapiro
Always a controversial figure, Paul Hayes has nevertheless been a tireless champion for treatment. With the NTA shortly to fold into Public Health England, he reflects on the political realities of establishing and maintaining the treatment system in this specially extended interview with Harry Shapiro. Druglink interview…
Bitesize briefing 2013 – Public Health
This edition of Druglink covers a period of profound and far-reaching change in the structures and processes for planning, commissioning and delivering substance misuse services. So what are the principal changes? Has the NTA really gone for good? How will things work under the PHE?…
Druglink article 2013 – A Tripp down memory lane by Harry Shapiro
The prescribing habits of a handful of London doctors led to what some have described as the beginning of the end for the ‘British System’. A Tripp down memory lane (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Reality check
A snapshot survey of people in drug treatment provides the latest figures on topping-up, unemployment, crime, supervised doses and psychosocial support. But it also reveals that a lack of flexibility may inhibit successful recovery. Reality check (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Captive courses: inside intervention by James Hodgkinson
Research from The Mount prison indicates that group programmes for inmates help with issues of abstinence, harm reduction and other effect of drug use. Captive courses: inside intervention (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2000 – Patient prisoners: care in custody by Jayne McKeown
Health care at Buckley Hall has been used by the chief Inspector of Prisons as an example of good practice, understanding and openness, particularly in the field of hepatitis C treatment. Patient prisoners: care in custody (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Hard Labour: Blair warfare by Gerry Stimson
New Labour’s law, order and cpntrol agenda is cutting a swathe through public sector working practices. the drugs field is not immune Hard Labour: Blair warfare (PDF) Additional keywords: compulsory treatment
Druglink article 2013 – People power by Mark Gilman
Mark Gilman argues that being part of a social network should not be regarded an optional extra for the recovering addict. It could be a matter of life and death. People power (PDF) Additional keywords: social relationships / recovery communities