DS Daily - 14th October 2011 |
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NHS funds database of health service charities
The Department of Health and NHS London have funded the development of a new database of civil society organisations that deliver health services, to help GPs and local authorities to commission relevant services. The database, called On the Radar, will go live on 17 October | Civil Society, UK
Doctors call for separate daily and weekly drinking limits
Drinkers should be given separate daily and weekly alcohol limits to prevent them consuming their entire recommended allowance at the weekend, a leading doctor has said | Telegraph, UK
Change4Life three year social marketing strategy
This document sets out a new three-year marketing strategy (2011–14) for the Change4Life programme | Department of Health, UK
Positive effect of stimulant medication for ADHD
The research, led by Dr David Mataix-Cols and Professor Katya Rubia at the IoP at King’s, also found that patients who had received long-term stimulant medication to treat ADHD did not show this abnormal brain structure, but had similar brains to healthy individuals | Institute of Psychiatry, UK
The role of the Probation Service: Government Response
On 27 June 2011, the Justice Committee of the House of Commons published the report of its inquiry into the role of the Probation Service in England and Wales.
Here is the Governments detailed response to the Committee's conclusions and recommendations | Justice, UK
Cuts are hitting children’s charities hardest
New research finds that the children and young people’s voluntary sector is amongst the hardest hit by government funding cuts and local authority austerity measures | NCVO, UK
Too many women in prison for breaching community orders
Criminal justice report says women-only community centres offering support provide credible alternative to custody | Guardian, UK
€22m cocaine seizure is the biggest in three years
Gardai have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine in more than three years - and the largest-ever inland - in a joint operation with Customs | Independent, Ireland
Drug Policy in Portugal: The Benefits of Decriminalizing Drug Use
The effects of Portugal’s experiment with drug policy have been corroborated by research, and the Portuguese people’s reactions to it have been verified by reliable surveys; this experience can and should be a lesson for a world caught up in a failed “war on drugs.” | Open Society Foundations, USA
B.C.’s refuge for mentally ill drug addicts saddled with patient logjam, report says
The 102-page evaluation, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, looked at the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction, which was started with great fanfare three years ago as a way to treat those from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside whom the rest of the system had neglected | Globe and Mail, Canada
"Drug Facts: Shatter the Myths" booklet
Updated for 2011! "Drug Facts: Shatter the Myths" Q&A booklet answers teens' most frequently asked questions about drugs and drug abuse | NIDA, USA
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth
A Practitioner's Guide | NIAAA, USA
Australian Institute of Criminology Annual Report
The information contained in these reports is provided to inform the Australian Government, Members of Parliament, state and territory agencies, grants recipients, award winners, consultants, students of crime and criminal justice, potential employees and the public | Australian Institute of Criminology
NZ's work in tobacco control praised at global assembly
The scientific session on tobacco cessation at the World Medical Association General Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay has praised New Zealand's "end-game thinking" approach to tobacco cessation | Scoop, New Zealand