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Drugs, Departments & London A Personal Perspective David MacKintosh Policy Adviser London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum Departments • Owned by the Home Office. • Dept of Health, DWP,MOJ, Communities and Local Government, Department for Education, Cabinet Office and HMT. • Not all equally engaged. London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum Agencies • • • • PHE – (NTA) NHS England Prison Service/NOMS/Probation Enforcement (UK Border Force, Police, ACPO, National Crime Agency) • PCCs • DPHs • HWBs/Local Authorities/CCGs …DAATs London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum Main game is now local • Elected Members • Chief Officers • HWBs • PCCs Need help to negotiate the shift from national to local London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London • Estimate of 70,000 pdu’s in London. • Centre of drugs trafficking and crime. • Older more entrenched pdu’s (nearly 60% of all injecting related HIV & high rate of HEP C). • Higher proportion of crack use (historic). • Cost £2.5billion (economic and social costs). • Poverty and homelessness major factors. London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London • Ahead of the Game ? • The DEA cometh – 1991 and the LDPF. • Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. • GLADA • GLADA no more London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London Drug and Alcohol Policy Forum • Established in 1991(in a panic!). Was funded by Central Govt. and Corporation of London. • Since 1998 fully funded by Corporation. • Unique role (independence) – brings together all those involved in tackling drugs. • Works closely with GLA, MPS and others, especially the 33 Drug Action Teams. London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum GLADA • Alcohol – ahead of national policy • Drugs – effective joining up, Highs and Lows. • Crack strategy – community engagement. • What next? London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum Thank You and Questions London Drug & Alcohol Policy Forum