FEAD – Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

Radical approach to drugs recovery piloted >>

8th April 11 –  Eight areas in England will test innovative new ways to help drug addicts recover and achieve a sustained recovery, Public Health Minister Anne Milton announced today.

The areas have been selected following a competition to pilot a Payment by Results (PbR) scheme set out in the new Drugs Strategy 2010. It demonstrates the Government’s commitment to go further, faster on improving the recovery of adults by incentivising the system around outcomes.

Funding for 2011/12 substance misuse services in prisons >>

31st March 11 –  Joint letter from Department of Health, National Offender Management Service and National Treatment Agency confirming funding allocations for substance misuse services in adult prisons in England for 2011/12. The Department of Health became responsible for these services in April 2011.

Funding for 2011/12 substance misuse specialist interventions and treatment in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate >>

31st March 11 –  Joint letter from Department of Health, National Offender Management Service and National Treatment Agency confirming funding allocations for substance misuse services for children held in custody in England for 2011/12. The Department of Health became responsible for these services in April 2011.

People who misuse alcohol to benefit from new guidance >>

25th February 11 – The majority of people who are dependent on alcohol are not currently being treated, partly because health and social care professionals are failing to identify those in need and assisted withdrawal treatments are inadequate. In response, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published guidance…