Background Whilst only a small proportion of the population experience substance use
disorders, the burden of related harm is substantial and far-reaching. Alcohol and drug …

Introduction The positive impact of substance use treatment is well‐evidenced but there has
been substantial disinvestment from publicly funded treatment services in England since …

Background In the context of substantial financial disinvestment from alcohol and drug
treatment services in England, our aim was to review the existing evidence of how such …

Abstract Introduction and Aims The structures of health systems impact on patient outcomes.
We present and analyse the first detailed mapping of who funds alcohol and other drug …

Aims We assessed the relationship between specialist and non-specialist admissions for
alcohol withdrawal since the introduction of the UK government Health and Social Care Act …

BackgroundSince 2012 England has seen year-on-year reductions in people accessing
specialist community alcohol treatment, and year-on-year increases in alcohol-related …

One of the key compelling issues for those working in the alcohol and other drug (AOD)
treatment sector concerns the reported difficulties that clients have in accessing treatment …

In the UK, 270,705 adults were in contact with drug and alcohol treatment services between
April 2019 and March 2020. Within the same time period, 118,995 individuals exited the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications for drug and alcohol
treatment of radical policy changes being implemented by the government, particularly the …

The Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in Ireland has been praised as a world-leading
package of alcohol policy reforms. The path to alcohol policy change in Ireland was long …