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Healthcare watchdogs have recently found that although there is still room for improvement, the majority of drug treatment services in the UK are performing well within acceptable levels across categories such as how services are commissioned and harm reduction service provision.
The report, released by the Healthcare Commission and the National Treatment Agency (NTA), shows results from the second of three annual reviews to assess the performance of substance misuse treatment services.

The number of people receiving specialist drug treatment has increased dramatically, with 195,400 in treatment during 2006/07 - up from 85,000 in 1998/99. Estimates for 2007/8 show 210,800 people will receive treatment. This means that more drug users than ever before are getting the treatment they need.

The review also showed that there had been considerable improvement in the commissioning and performance management of drug treatment services, resulting in more service users receiving better treatment.

The review, which covered 149 ‘local drug partnerships' in England, confirmed widespread good practice in relation to commissioning performance management and also that partnerships had made significant progress in relation to care planning and treatment discharge systems, with nearly all (99%) achieving or exceeding 70% their local target.

A good standard of financial management was found across the sector, with 60% of partnerships achieving the maximum score for this area.
The Commission and the NTA will follow up this report with a third and final review into this sector. This will look at diversity and residential services and will complete what has been a comprehensive review of the provision of substance misuse treatment.

Article published on 29/05/2008 by DryOutNow.com

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