1 alcohol and housing 17 th march 2009 – pride park derby mike murray head of service – drugs...
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Alcohol and Housing17th March 2009 – Pride Park Derby
Mike MurrayHead of Service – Drugs Strategy, Alcohol Strategy, Priority Prolific Offending and HousingCommunity Safety Partnership/NHS Derby City
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Links between Alcohol and Housing
Explore the ways alcohol impacts upon housing Discuss targets and monitoring Outline the Derby position and our work There is a basic premise to this presentation… Housing is one of the basic human needs Poor quality, insecure or lack of housing
undermines all efforts to improve lives. Offering treatment and tackling alcohol related
anti-social behaviour are part of a joint approach
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Reports from the front line
Case study examples of the impact of alcohol upon the individual and the community
Health Anti-social behaviour And violence
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What we are told we have to do
LAA Targets (and all of the rest of them) Improve health Reduce hospital admissions Reduce re-offending Reduce anti-social behaviour Reduce violent crime To do these things we need to change the
culture of alcohol use from binge and excessive use to one of “sensible drinking”
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Monitoring
LAA targets monitoring NATMS/ local service contract data Local Needs Assessment LAPE Local Housing Reviews Supporting People data Rough sleeper counts Client audits and service user surveys
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Derby City Data
NI 39 league table Estimated number of people drinking to
hazardous and harmful levels – 30 – 35,000 Those with more urgent treatment dependency
needs 6,000 Number treated 2007/08 (all treatment needs)
less than 400. Estimated number of dependent drug users –
2,000 Number drug users in treatment 1,660
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What we are doing - Strategically
Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategic Plan and Action Plan
Strong links to other strategies and plans to tackle violence, health and housing
Priority for PCT (health) and CSP (violent crime)
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Work in Progress
Training GPs, Housing Workers, Probation etc… Alcohol GP Pilot Clinical Director for Substance Misuse Homelessness GP and Nurses (mental health) Step-Up Wet Unit ( Award winning current/planned
expansion) Street Drinkers Group Milestone House Social marketing
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Developing Treatment - Aims
Increase treatment capacity Improve accessibility Increase proportion in brief interventions Create system throughput Decrease waiting times Widen range of services Engage service users in development Improve confidence in delivery and effectiveness
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Challenges
Targets that don’t necessarily help Fragmentation between themes of community safety
and health Lack of equity in funding Victorian values and prejudice Educating the professionals, the public and the
media Do as I say and not as I do! Cultural change takes a lifetime to achieve!
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Alcohol Treatment Proposal Consultation
Launched on the 9th March and running until the 8th June
Chance to influence the shape of alcohol treatment in Derby City
Copies available from www.saferderby.org.uk www.derbycitypct.nhs.uk Or by emailing [email protected]
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www.alcohollearningcentre.org.uk
Contact me on - [email protected]
Thanks to the organisers
Thanks to you for coming
And thanks for listening.