The Department for Communities and Local Government has released new data on local authorities’ planned budgets for public health in 2017/18. It does not make good reading (King’s Fund)
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A Performance Measurement Framework for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (PDF)
The development of a Performance Measurement Framework for DATFs follows the review undertaken by the Department of Health in 20121 and adopts a similar logic to the Healthy Ireland strategy. Rather than looking at interventions in terms of inputs and outputs, the overriding concern is with the net effect of public policies at the population level. This is the only way of conceptualising effectiveness in an evidence-based and sustainable manner (Drugs and Alcohol Ireland)
Fentanyl – A Briefing Guide for First Responders (PDF)
Due to the high potency and availability of fentanyl, both transnational and domestic criminal organizations are increasingly utilizing these dangerous synthetic opioids as an adulterant in heroin and other controlled substances. The presence of these synthetic opioids in the illicit U.S. drug market is extremely concerning as the potency of these drugs has led to a significant increase in overdose incidents and overdose‐related deaths throughout the nation (DEA)