In the UK, alcohol presents an urgent and growing problem: 70 people die due to alcohol every day. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this crisis, with alcohol-specific deaths having increased by 27% between 2019 and 2021, reaching record highs.

The estimated cost of alcohol on the UK healthcare system is £8.3 billion annually. Predictions show that unless alcohol consumption returns to pre- pandemic levels, by 2034 it will cost the already-stretched NHS in England an additional £1billion.Although alcohol harms have increased, sadly the provision of treatment has not: only one in five...

BACKGROUND: Coolmine’s implementation of quality standards involves a period of change management, strategic planning, and national policy development.

METHODS: A narrative case study focusing on national policy and internal strategic planning.

CONCLUSIONS: From 2000, Coolmine embarked on a change management journey that kept the organisation at the forefront of drug and alcohol treatment in Ireland and internationally while maintaining fidelity to the Therapeutic Community. The strategy for quality assurance is replicable across similar organisations.

It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.

The extra funding will enable the creation of over 50,000 high-quality places for drug and alcohol treatment.

The funding will enable local authorities to:

• recruit more staff to work with people with drug and alcohol problems
• support more prison leavers into treatment and recovery services
• invest in enhancing the quality of treatment they provide - in turn helping make streets safer by getting...

VNGOC společně s NYNGOC a oddělením občanské společnosti UNODC pořádá dne 31. ledna 2023 v 8:30 online doprovodnou akci v rámci partnerského fóra ECOSOC 2023. Akce nese název: Ústřední úloha občanské společnosti v protidrogové politice, COVID-19 a dosažení Agendy 2030

Pozadí

Jsou zapotřebí nové intervence v oblasti veřejného zdraví, které by řešily dodávky toxických drog a uspokojily potřeby lidí, kteří užívají drogy uprostřed krize předávkování. V některých jurisdikcích byla zavedena bezpečnější dodávka – nízkobariérová distribuce látek farmaceutické kvality – s cílem poskytnout bezpečnější alternativy k neregulované nabídce drog, avšak dosud žádná studie nezkoumala názory odborných zúčastněných stran na tento přístup.

Metody

Účelový odběr vzorků byl použit k náboru profesionálních zúčastněných stran (n = 17) ze čtyř míst v Britské Kolumbii, Ontariu a...

Background

Interdisciplinary collaborations (i.e., where various disciplines work coordinated and interdependently toward shared goals) are stated to yield higher team effectiveness than multidisciplinary approaches (i.e., where various disciplines work in parallel within their professional boundaries) in somatic health care settings. Nevertheless, research is lacking on interdisciplinary approaches for alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment of hospitalized patients as these types of approaches are still uncommon. This study aims to evaluate an innovative interdisciplinary AUD treatment...