Specialist Alcohol Treatment in the North East 2008
This paper describes the level of specialist alcohol treatment provision in the North East of England. Its purpose is to support Primary Care Trusts (the commissioners of services) and others in understanding patterns of care and to signal the availability of this information for future use. The data come from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) and is for the first two quarters of 2008/09 and updates an earlier report.ยน
At 30th September 2008 there were 148 agencies across 12 PCTs providing structured treatment to 5,671 people in the North East.
This appears to represent a seven-fold increase over 5 years in the number of people treated.
However, only about 5% of harmful drinkers are in treatment.
There is substantial variation across the region with 3% of harmful drinkers in treatment in Durham and 10% in treatment in Middlesbrough.
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Occasional Paper 33 Alcohol Treatment.pdf
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