CIOSDAAT - Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly - Drug and Alcohol Action Team

Tackling drugs to build a better Britain

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National Strategy

Key objective: To increase the numbers into treatment by 100% by 2008

Key target: To increase participation in treatment programmes

The national strategy is led by the National Treatment Agency. The NTA was established in 2001. It has three main aims:

More treatment

Faster access to treatment

Better quality treatment
To enable the achievement of these aims the NTA:

Increased the financial allocation to Drug Action Teams

Championed the introduction of pooled treatment budgets

Set targets for Drug Action Teams

Approves Drug Action Team plans

Monitors Drug Action Team plans through quarterley reviews.

Provides information on best practice.

Regional Strategy

There is no regional strategy, however the NTA has employed a regional commissioner to investigate opportunities to develop tier 4 services in the south west.

Local Strategy

Key objective: The key objective is to increase the capacity of the local treatment system.

The Drug and Alcohol Action Team met the Local Delivery Plan (LDP) target for 2005/06 and increased numbers in treatment by just over 10% to 1250.

Develop and pilot shared care schemes across the county
Ensure waiting times are reduced and meet national targets
Implement Models of Care
Reduce drug related deaths

Document Library

Recently Added Documents

Title	Description	Created	Published	Author	Download
Shared Care Scheme for Substance Misuse	Audit Report	19/05/06	10/08/06	Angela Andrews
Minutes of H&SCTG	H&SCTG - 13 June 2006	13/06/06	10/08/06	Bob Crossland
Minutes of H&SCTG	H&SCTG - 18 April 2006	18/04/06	10/08/06	Bob Crossland
Minutes of H&SCTG	H&SCTG - 9 January 2006	20/01/06	10/08/06	Bob Crossland
Minutes of H&SCTG	H&SCTG - 30 November 2005	20/05/01	10/08/06	Bob Crossland


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