Transcript 1 Essential NDTMS Core Data Set G Training 17 th March 2010

Essential NDTMS
Core Data Set G Training 17th March 2010
John Liddell, Deputy Regional Manager
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Why NDTMS…
 The National Treatment Agency
– More people into treatment
– Creation of an evidence base
– legitimacy of drug treatment
 Translating benefit
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Shorter waiting times 
More people in treatment 
Care planned with a range of interventions 
Improved exits and outcomes ?
 ‘I didn’t get into this business to fill in forms’
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NDTMS and the internal environment
 NDTMS and Commissioning
– Performance management
– Measure effectiveness
– Support need assessment and re commissioning process
 Stakeholder engagement and the ‘treatment contribution’
– Crime
– Health
– Community Safety
 How effective is your treatment system?
– Regardless of targets, how effective should it be?
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NDTMS and the external environment
 Dept of Health, Home Office & Min of Justice.
– Pooled Treatment Budget
– 1,500 DRD, 35,000 Alcohol and 80,000 Smoking
– Treatment’s impact on crime
 Society
– 1% of population are addicted to heroin and/or crack
– Expectation that people become ‘drug free’
 The media
– 4% of drug free completions
– Positive engagement with NTA
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What’s next…
 NDTMS implementation in Prisons
 International interest in NDTMS and TOP
 Data Warehousing
– Mapping the long term benefits of treatment
 National Audit Office
– Drug treatment saves £2.50 for every £1.00 spent
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