Substance use treatment works to reduce harm and help people turn their lives around, delivering a good return on investment for public services and communities
In 2021, Dame Carol Black wrote that provision for substance use treatment and recovery in the community ‘urgently needs repair’. The same description could perhaps
We look forward to working with the review team and the Government on how to improve support for people who use substances, which will improve
Collective Voice has joined Agenda Alliance, which consists of over 100 member organisations – from large, national bodies to smaller, specialist organisations – working in collaboration to influence public policy and practice to respond appropriately to women and girls with multiple, complex unmet needs.
The Sentencing Bill is shortly due to enter Committee stage in Parliament. It includes two clauses which would bring positive changes to sentencing by, if well implemented, reducing pressure on the prison system and ensuring that people whose contact with the criminal justice system is related to the way they use drugs and alcohol are able to get the treatment and support they need.
In July 2022, the government published the white paper “Swift, Certain, Tough: New Consequences for Drug Possession”.
In March 2022, the Home Affairs Select Committee opened a new inquiry into drugs.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities today published 2020/21 statistics for substance misuse treatment in secure settings, and for young people. Both datasets continue
Recent years have seen government policy increasingly focussed on pathways from the criminal justice system into treatment for people experiencing drug or alcohol problems.
Collective Voice is the national charity working to improve England’s drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems
