Publications - Topics - Drugs

NDTMS North East Regional Annual Report 2010 using data from 2008-09

This annual report is a historical look at the NDTMS data for adults in substance misuse treatment during 2008-09. It does not reflect the current national picture for young people’s substance misuse treatment in the North East for 2011 or, the 2010 national drug strategy. It reflects the first year in the National Drug strategy for 2008-2018 “Drugs: protecting families and communities, 2008”.

Trends in drug use in the North East

This paper describes the trends of problematic drug use as recorded in the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) for patients resident in the North East at their first presentation for specialist drug treatment. Its purpose is to support the commissioners and providers of drug treatment, and provide intelligence to inform all concerned with the harms drug use can cause to both the individual and the community.

National Drug Treatment Monitoring System Young People's Annual Report 2008-09

Whilst alcohol data had been officially collected since NDTMS was established in 2004-05, 2008-09 was the first year alcohol data was included and available for analysis in the dataset received by the North East National Drug Treatment Monitoring System Team (NDTMS) from the National Treatment Agency (NTA) for Substance Misuse. This report is a historical look at the NDTMS data for young people during 2008-09. It does not reflect the current national picture for young people accessing substance misuse services in the North East for 2011 or, the 2010 national drug strategy.

Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use - May 2009

This tenth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on drug use. The report contains 46 different indicators of drug use relating to the individual, community and population across all nine English regions; with additional analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible.

NDTMS North East Region Annual Report 2008 using data from 06/07

The North East of England has a population 2.6 million and around 16,000 problem drugs users. There are 12 Drug Action team areas and 147 agencies providing structured drug treatment. Data for the region from NDTMS for 2006-07 show:

NDTMS Annual Report 2006

The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) is a system that collects data on problem drug users in treatment and is designed predominantly to monitor services. This paper reports on information held in the NDTMS database for the years 2004/05 and 2005/06. During 2005/06 about 9000 people were treated in about 125 agencies.

Occasional Paper No 25 - Drug Related Deaths (Post Event) 2006

DRDs increased between 2003 and 2004 in the North East against a national falling trend. However, the North East has not been highlighted by np-SAD as having amongst the highest death rates nationally.

Occasional Paper 14 - Using the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) data in the North East 2004

Drug misuse in the UK is now a serious cause of morbidity and mortality. In response to an increase in the prevalence of drug misuse the Government created The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) in 2001 to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England as part of its National Drug Strategy. In April 2001 responsibility for NDTMS moved from the Department of Health to the NTA. In the North East region, the most significant recent change was the development of the North East regional NDTMS team in April 2004, under the management of the North East PHO.