PHE: alcohol treatment ‘performing well overall’
The treatment system for alcohol dependence among adults in England is ‘performing well overall’, with increasing numbers of people accessing and completing treatment, according to Public Health...
View ArticleNew HIV risks as injecting patterns change
More people are injecting new psychoactive drugs, amphetamine-type substances and anabolic steroids, according to a report from Public Health England (PHE). In England and Wales, HIV infection levels...
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Changing the conversation
DDN reports from Alcohol Concern’s annual conference, where delegates heard about the need to reframe debate on alcohol, and how the call for minimum pricing was not going away. ‘We still don’t talk...
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In it together
A new set of resources to support access to mutual aid has been published by Public Health England. DDN reports. Supportive peer relationships with people who’ve had similar experiences are...
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Green future Transform has launched a new publication on regulating legal markets for non-medical use of cannabis. How to regulate cannabis: a practical guide looks at the challenges of developing and...
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Voicing concerns Public Health England (PHE) has not yet ‘found its voice’, developed a clear set of priorities or demonstrated that it is sufficiently independent of the Department of Health,...
View ArticleImproved support needed for older people
Improved support is needed for older people with drug and alcohol issues, says a new report from DrugScope. While the focus of policy and media attention remains young people, there is a significant...
View ArticleScottish alcohol-related deaths fall nearly 40 per cent in a decade
Alcohol-related death rates in Scotland fell by 37 per cent – from 39.5 to 24.8 per 100,000 population – in the ten years to 2012, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)....
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Facing the challenge
The focus of the morning’s panel discussion was the ‘challenges to making it happen’ ‘Scripts should be available whenever anyone needs them – if the recovery message in local areas is about...
View ArticleMPs demand ‘urgent action’ on liver disease
The government, NHS and Public Health England (PHE) need to take ‘urgent action’ to address the growing problem of liver disease, according to a report from the All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group...
View ArticleHalf of those living with hep C unaware
Around half of people living with hepatitis C infections are unaware that they have the virus, according to a new Public Health England (PHE) report. Nearly 14,000 hepatitis C infections were diagnosed...
View ArticleHalf of those living with hep C unaware of their condition
Around half of people living with hepatitis C infections are unaware that they have the virus, according to a new Public Health England (PHE) report. Nearly 14,000 hepatitis C infections were diagnosed...
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Coverage from the 8th national service user conference
Challenging times Delegates at The challenge – getting it right for everybody heard a succession of powerful and inspiring presentations on the theme of overcoming obstacles. ‘We’re working and living...
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Naloxone distribution
Ready for action Naloxone is to be made more readily available next month. Public Health England’s Steve Taylor looks at how local services and commissioners can respond to this change in the law...
View ArticleE-cigarettes ‘safer than smoking’
E-cigarettes ‘safer than smoking’ E-cigarettes are around 95 per cent less harmful than tobacco and have the ‘potential to help smokers’ quit, according to a new expert independent evidence review...
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Safeguarding conference 2015 – playing safe
Are we doing enough to protect children from their parents’ drug and alcohol use? At a recent safeguarding conference there was plenty of cause for concern, as DDN reports. ‘Graham Greene said “There...
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Work, rest and play
Addiction can be like swimming in shark- infested waters, but the recovery community are like people in a life raft holding out their hands, Dr Ed Day of the National Addiction Centre told guests at...
View ArticleHeroin deaths double in just four years
The number of heroin-related deaths in England and Wales has doubled since 2012, from 579 to 1,201, according to the latest ONS figures. Last year saw the highest number of drug-related fatalities ever...
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November issue
A rising tide ‘We are struggling to meet the levels of demand… we feel “rushed off our feet”… we realise we’re only scratching the surface of need.’ These comments from the service featured in this...
View ArticlePHE ‘does not recognise’ picture painted in think tank report
Public Health England (PHE) has issued a statement that it does not recognise the portrait of a treatment system ‘unambitious for recovery’ in the No quick fix report from the Centre for Social Justice...
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