Showing posts with label substance abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label substance abuse. Show all posts

Monday, 26 August 2013

Making recovery a reality in your community

"Building recovery in your local community should be a focus for local strategies both because it is the right thing to do and because it is smart and cost effective commissioning."

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services
Alcohol Concern, DrugScope, Centre for Mental Health
August 2013

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Saturday, 6 July 2013

Commissioning treatment for dependence on prescription and over-the-counter medicines

"Commissioners will want to ensure that commissioned services include appropriate clinical governance mechanisms to ensure safe and effective prescribing of medicines liable to dependence and for the treatment of dependence, and to prevent and detect diversion of prescription medicines by patients."

Commissioning treatment for dependence on prescription and over-the-counter medicines: a guide for NHS and local authority commissioners
Public Health England
June 2013

Read more here.