Weekly news - 23rd September 2011 |
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PROMIS - a new sponsor of DS Daily
A big thank you to all our sponsors whose support for DS Daily is much appreciated. To discus sponsorship options please mail Jim Young, Editor
Proposals to amend the NDTMS dataset
The NTA is proposing to amend the data that is collected by National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from April 2012, to ensure it remains relevant to drug and alcohol treatment delivery | NTA, UK
Recovery Partnership briefing for the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drug Policy
The "Payment by Results and Recovery" paper was discussed at the September meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drugs | The Recovery Partnership, UK
Residential rehabilitation (drugs and alcohol) service provider survey
The Recovery Partnership is preparing a paper for the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drugs on residential rehabilitation provision and support. We will be producing different surveys to help inform the paper and will be consulting widely with service providers, service users, membership bodies and others. Please complete this survey if you are a provider of a residential rehabilitation service or services. All responses will be confidential | The Recovery Partnership, UK
Employment and recovery survey
The Recovery Partnership is producing a paper for Inter-Ministerial Group on Drugs on employment, education, training and recovery. To help inform the paper, we are inviting service providers and service users to complete one of two surveys (deadline 29th September). They include questions about experiences of the Work Programme and Jobcentre Plus. Service provider survey and Service user survey | Recovery Partnership, UK
Work Capability Assessment: Issues encountered by people with drug problems
The Work Capability Assessment - A Call for Evidence: Year 2 Independent Review, July 2011. A response co-ordinated by the | UK Drug Policy Commission
Housing for Recovery
Findings from a survey on access to housing on behalf of the Recovery Partnership | Druglink, UK
Vacancy > Senior policy officer at DrugScope
Applications must be received by 5pm Tuesday 10th October | DrugScope, UK
Young people, alcohol and the media
This report presents findings of a mixed-method study exploring how alcohol is represented in media consumed by young people, young people’s own interpretations of these representations, and the influence of the media and celebrities on young people’s attitudes to alcohol and their alcohol consumption | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Does income inequality cause health and social problems?
This report provides an independent review of the evidence about the impact of inequality. Full report - Summary | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
The Homelessness Monitor
Tracking the Impacts of Policy and Economic Change in England 2011-2013. Full report - Executive summary | Crisis, UK
Better Together
Preventing Re-offending and Homelessness report released by Homeless Link | via Revolving Doors, UK
Love conquers hate - a free article from new Druglink magazine
One woman’s struggle to come in from a cocaine blizzard to the shelter of recovery | DrugScope, UK
Behavioural Insights Team Annual update 2010–11
Including: Alcohol – using multiple approaches | Cabinet Office, UK
Regulating Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
An Overview with Preliminary Evidence of Their Impact on Crime. Full Document | RAND, USA