Transcript FIFE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ACTION TEAM

FIFE DRUG AND ALCOHOL
ACTION TEAM
Fife Chamber of Safety
11 December 2006
Rita Keyte
Co-ordinator, Fife DAAT
DAAT’s Role
• Strategic Partnership
• Sets strategic direction
• Co-ordinates Planning and commissioning
processes
• Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation
• Assesses need and maximises resources
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DAAT Structure
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DAAT and its Support Team
Task Groups
Joint Commissioning Group
Fife Alcohol Forum
Fife Drugs Forum
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Joint Commissioning
• Make recommendations in respect of a
number of funding streams
• Fife Council and NHS Fife grants to the
voluntary sector
• New Drug and Alcohol Funds from Scottish
Executive
• Charitable Trusts
• Other funding streams such as CCSF
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National Targets
• Eleven National Targets organised around
the following headings:
• Culture Change and Communities
• Prevention, Education & Young People
• Provision of Treatment and Support
Services
• Protection, Controls &Stifling Availability
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Fife’s Community Plan
• Three Underpinning Principles:
• Sustainability
• Inclusiveness
• Best Value
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Substance Misuse in Fife
• An estimated 29,300 men and 10,600
women exceed sensible drinking levels
• Of the 788 new clients seen by FASS in
2004-05, 80% reported alcohol intakes at
levels indicating a high risk to physical and
mental health (over 35 units per week for
females and 50 units for men)
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Substance Misuse in Fife
• There are an estimated 3022 drug users in
Fife ( opiates and benzodiazepines)
• An estimated 1124 are injecting drug users,
with 48% not in touch with services
• Those in the 15-24 age range account for
34% of problem drug users
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Substance Misuse in Fife
• There were 17 recorded drug related deaths
in 2004
• There were 97 recorded alcohol related
deaths in 2002 in Fife
• since 1980 alcohol related deaths in
Scotland have risen from less than 1 in 100
to 1 in 30 of all deaths
Information * Statistics Division (ISD) 2005 & 2004
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Substance Misuse in Fife
• A range of substances are used
• Illegal drugs include cannabis, heroin,
amphetamine
• Legal substances include tobacco, alcohol
and volatile substances
• Prescribed medicines and over the counter
medicines are also used. For example, pain
killers and tranquillisers.
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The Client’s Journey
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Decision to change
Where can I go for help?
What services are there in my area?
How do I contact them?
What happens when I get there?
What can they do to help me?
What if I don’t succeed?
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Local Services: Prevention
• Council Services: Education Service,
Community Services, Social Work Service
• NHS Fife: Health Promotion, School
Nurses, Alcohol Liaison Nurses
• Police: School Liaison Officers,
• Voluntary Sector: DELTA, LOST,Clued Up
• Other: Boozebusters, Street Dancing
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Local Services:Treatment
• Interventions include: Pharmacological,
psychological, detoxification, counselling,
support
• Fife Council: SWS, including Children &
Families Teams, Fife Youth Drugs Team,
Mental Health Service, Fife Youth Drugs
Team, Drug Treatment & Supervision Team
• NHS Fife: Addiction Services,Pharmacists,
Community Midwives, Specialist Public
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Health Nurse
Local Services:Treatment (2)
• Voluntary Sector: FASS, DAPL, West Fife
Community Drugs Team,Clued Up,
Aberlour Child Care Trust (Time 4 U)
• Others: Penumbra Youth Project, Benarty
Cares
• Scottish Prison Service
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Local Services: Rehabilitation
• Interventions include: one to one support,
group work, volunteer support, structured
programmes, training for work placements,
interview technique, social skills, building
self esteem
• Fife Council: SWS, Community Services
(Social Inclusion and Employability Team),
Housing Service, Supporting People, Drug
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Local Services: Rehabilitation(2)
• NHS Fife: Addiction Services - Prescribing
and Rehabilitation Service
• Voluntary Sector: FIRST, Next Steps, APEX
- Progress2Work & Progress2Work Link
Up, FASS, DAPL, West Fife Community
Drugs Team, Bethany Christian Trust,
Further Education
• User Involvement Groups
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Recent Achievements
• Fife Constabulary has exceeded targets for
drug seizures
• Family Support Groups established in a
number of areas
• DAAT represented at Child Protection
Committee
• Number of new patients/clients has risen
from 599 in 2000/01 to 1025 in 2004/05
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Recent Achievements (2)
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STRADA Training
Development of Test Purchasing Scheme
Alcohol Care Pathway
New Prescribing and Rehabilitation Service
New Homeless Service
Expansion of DELTA Fife wide
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Recent Achievements (3)
• Development of Alcohol Liaison Nurse
Service
• Appointment of six Regeneration
Development Officers
• Allocation of funds to develop service to
children under 12 whose parents have
alcohol problems
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Future Challenges
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Waiting Times
Alcohol Problems
Child Protection
Outcomes
Data Collection/Information
Integration
Communication
National Direction
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