These joint strategic needs assessment (JSNA) support packs – updated annually and in their third year – will help local areas to develop JSNAs and local joint health and wellbeing strategies, which effectively address public health issues (Public Health England)
Archives for October 2016
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We must escalate efforts to prevent drug-related deaths
Deaths caused by drug misuse are rising. In order to help us take effective action we need to better understand the multiple and complex causes behind this disturbing trend (Public Health England)
Purity of Illicit Drugs submitted to Forensic Science Ireland 2015
As part of our Service Level agreement with An Garda Síochána, Forensic Science Ireland monitors the purity of the main illegal drugs in use in Ireland and provides this information to An Garda Síochána, on an intelligence basis (Forensic Science Ireland)
Public Health England Health & Justice annual review 2015/16 (PDF)
4.3 Preventing and reducing substance misuse in the CJS
National Naloxone Programme Scotland Monitoring Report 2015/16 (PDF)
This report from ISD presents information on the number of THN kits issued as part of the NNP (from 2011/12 to 2015/16)
Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)
The Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) is part of an important and long established series of national surveys on smoking, drinking and drug use. The survey is conducted on a biennial basis, targeting secondary school pupils in local authority and independent schools (Scottish Government)
Draft from Consultation on Professional Standards for optimising medicines for people in secure environments (PDF)
Immigration Removal Centres, Prisons and other places of residential detention (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
A survey of people who regularly use psychostimulant drugs – October bulletin
The 2016 EDRS key findings
HIV: annual data tables
HIV surveillance data in the UK by demographic characteristics and geographical region (Public Health England)
Banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty
This guidance is aimed at alcohol suppliers and enforcement authorities (Home Office)
Methamphetamine use and acquisitive crime: Evidence of a relationship
This paper examines the engagement in acquisitive crime, and perceived motivations for methamphetamine-driven crime, of a sample of Australian police detainees recruited in 2013 through the Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program (AIC)
Safer consumption facility and treatment service pilot (PDF)
The report aims to advise the Integration Joint Board the outcomes of the Alcohol and Drug Partnership short-life working group and its decision, following a formal options appraisal, to support the piloting of a co-located safer drug consumption facility and heroin assisted treatment service in (Glasgow city centreGlasgow City Integration Joint Board)
Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase (Pew Research Center)
MHRA statement on products containing Cannabidiol (CBD)
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has reviewed the classification of products containing CBD and found them to meet the definition of a medicinal product
Hepatitis C in the UK
The most recent national estimates suggest that around 214,000 individuals are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the UK (Public Health England)
Key findings from the 2016 IDRS: A survey of people who inject drugs
Eight hundred and seventy-seven people who inject drugs (PWID) were interviewed for the 2016 IDRS (NDARC)
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times Report (PDF)
This publication presents data from the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Waiting Times database (DATWT). It includes details on the number of people waiting, the time waited to start drug or alcohol treatment, and information on specific interventions being accessed (NHS Scotland)
How can contingency management support treatment for substance use disorders? A systematic review (PDF)
This EMCDDA Paper contains a systematic review of studies on the effectiveness of contingency management when used alongside the pharmacological treatment of dependence
Increase in global life expectancy offset by war, obesity, and substance abuse
Progress is threatened by increasing numbers of people suffering serious health threats related to obesity, high blood sugar, and alcohol and drug abuse (IHME)
Estimating prevalence of drug and alcohol presentations to hospital emergency departments in NSW, Australia
This paper highlights how expanding CL services to fill current unmet need could deliver a range of benefits to patients and hospitals (Public Health Research & Practice)