Including... commissioners plans to reduce spending on services, injecting drug users and HIV, smoking prevalence, proportion of new Europol cases relating to drugs, time people spend on OST, regional variation on emergency hospital admissions for alcohol related liver disease, prisoners use of substances and their relationship to the crimes committed, numbers accessing domestic violence refuges, single homeless people's use of drugs and alcohol
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - November 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - October 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - August 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Drugs and Prison - Statistics from the last yearAndrew Brown
The Ministry of Justice have recently reported that more drugs are being found in prisons in England. These slides are a compilation of the data that we've seen on drugs and prison over the last year.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - June 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - November 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - October 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - August 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Drugs and Prison - Statistics from the last yearAndrew Brown
The Ministry of Justice have recently reported that more drugs are being found in prisons in England. These slides are a compilation of the data that we've seen on drugs and prison over the last year.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - June 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - May 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - July 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Feb 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - March 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - April 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missed in th...Andrew Brown
We scour the data on alcohol and other drugs and here are 10 things we found in the last month that might interest you, including:
The number of high risk drug users, police estimates of the cost and purity of drugs, trends in property crime, numbers in treatment in Wales, benefit claimants with drug problems in Scotland (and alcohol problems across the UK), drugs in prison, and the support needs of single homeless people
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Oct 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have missed -...Andrew Brown
This month includes data on:
Deaths amongst opioid users (esp those which are not overdose related); children in need and care and substance use problems; multiple and complex needs; trends in police recorded drug offences; gang membership, dependency and mental health problems; Seizures of synthetic cannabinoids in prison; public perceptions of the safety of drug taking
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Nov 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - May 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - July 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Feb 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - March 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - April 2017Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missed in th...Andrew Brown
We scour the data on alcohol and other drugs and here are 10 things we found in the last month that might interest you, including:
The number of high risk drug users, police estimates of the cost and purity of drugs, trends in property crime, numbers in treatment in Wales, benefit claimants with drug problems in Scotland (and alcohol problems across the UK), drugs in prison, and the support needs of single homeless people
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Dec 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Oct 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have missed -...Andrew Brown
This month includes data on:
Deaths amongst opioid users (esp those which are not overdose related); children in need and care and substance use problems; multiple and complex needs; trends in police recorded drug offences; gang membership, dependency and mental health problems; Seizures of synthetic cannabinoids in prison; public perceptions of the safety of drug taking
Interesting things about alcohol and other drugs - Nov 2016Andrew Brown
One in a regular series of slide sets on interesting data about alcohol and other drugs (and the wider issues to do with multiple needs) from a UK perspective.
Interesting things about Alcohol and Other Drugs that you might have missed -...Andrew Brown
Including drug related deaths in England and Wales, local government spending on substance misuse services, mental and behavioural problems for adult prisoners, prisoners testing positive for drugs, the use of custodial sentences for drugs offences in England and Wales
12 things about alcohol and other drugs you may have missedAndrew Brown
This time including prisoners returned to closed prisons for drink and drug use, number of offences related to the Licensing Act, numbers involved in organised crime in the UK, new psychoactive substances and websites selling them, anabolic steroids, local government budgets for substance misuse, numbers in treatment not re-presenting, and residential rehab
Stats and data about drug and alcohol from the UK.
This month including local prioritisation of alcohol and drugs, the contribution that illegal drugs make to the UK economy, the use of custody for drug offences, and the potential years of life lost as a result of drug disorders.
A life course approach to preventing drugs & alcohol risks [March 2016 Int'l ...Mentor
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Presentation from Mentor CEO Michael O'Toole and Andrew Brown, formerly of DrugScope and now working with Mind and PHE.
10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you may have missed ...Andrew Brown
Including a call for the NHS and social services to address stigma issues, some of the key statistics from the Chief Medical Officer for England's report, European data on drugs and people who go to prison, drink driving offences in Great Britain, a comparison between drink driving and drug driving in those who use substances, football and alcohol offences, Lithuania as a source of methamphetamine in the UK, and the recovery rate of those using IAPT services who are diagnosed with alcohol problems.
I've been back over the data relating to alcohol in my 'interesting things' series of slide sets and picked out the most interesting ones for this year's Alcohol Awareness Week
6 things for the Education Select Committee to think aboutAndrew Brown
The Education Select Committee of the UK House of Commons are undertaking an inquiry into the mental health and wellbeing of children in the looked after system. Here are 6 things they should know...
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10 interesting things about alcohol and other drugs that you might have missed - October 2014
1. 10 things about
alcohol and other
drugs you may have
missed
October 2014
Andrew Brown
Director of Policy, Influence and Engagement
DrugScope
@andrewbrown365
2. Funding intentions of drug and alcohol
commissioners for 2014/15 and 2015/16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
No change Reduction Increase Dependent No decision
made/don't
know
Missing data
%
2014/15 (%) 2015/16 (%)
36%of councils are
planning to reduce or
change funding levels
for drug and alcohol
services over the next
two financial years.
Source: Review of Drug and Alcohol Commissioning; A joint review conducted by Public Health England and the Association of
Directors of Public Health. (Public Health England 2014)
3. Adjusted counts for HIV diagnoses
caused by probable exposure through
injecting drug use, by year of diagnosis
0
50
100
150
200
250
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-data-tables
4. Number of people receiving care for HIV
infections
36,231
39,169
1,686 656 1,601 2,169
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
There were 112 new cases
of HIV infection observed in
the UK in 2013 where
exposure was as a result of
injecting drug use.
This is only 2% of the total
number of new infections
for the year. The majority
of new infection are
attributed to sexual
contacts (54% from sex
between men, and 42%
from heterosexual contact).
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-data-tables
5. in five
adults aged
16 and over
were smokers
in 2012 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
PROPORTION OF THE ADULT (OVER
16 YEARS) POPULATION WHO ARE
SMOKERS BY SEX AND YEAR
Men Women
One
Source: Statistics on Smoking, England – 2014 (HSCIC 2014)
6. One in four new Europol
cases initiated in 2013 were
drug related
Drugs
24%
There were 18,310 new
Europol cases initiated in
2013 (an increase of 15%
on the previous year).
Of which one in four were
drug related – the largest
category, followed by fraud
and swindling (16%)
robbery (12%), money
laundering (11%) and
illegal immigration (9%).
Source: Europol Review 2013: General Report On Europol Activities
7. Length of time in prescribing for
clients in continuous prescribing
treatment
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
Less than 12
months
1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years 4 to 5 years 5+ years
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
Source: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/statistics.aspx
8.
9. Thinking about the offence(s) that you
committed in the 12 months before you
came into custody...
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
… had you used any illegal drugs when you
committed this/any of them?
… did you commit this offence/any of these
offences in order to get money to buy
drugs?
… did you commit this offence/any of these
offences in order to obtain drugs directly?
… how much would you say that your
offending was connected with your drug
use (always)?
… did you commit this offence/any of these
offences in order to support the drug use of
someone else?
female male
Source: Gender differences in substance misuse and mental health amongst prisoners
Results from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) longitudinal cohort study of
prisoners
“A high level of prisoners
report a problem with
substance misuse. In the
SPCR survey 64% reported
using drugs and 22% said they
drank alcohol every day in the
month prior to custody: both
these groups had a higher
reconviction rate. Those with
substance misuse issues have
also been found to be more
likely to have accommodation
needs.”
Resettlement provision for adult offenders:
Accommodation and education, training
and employment , A joint thematic review
by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HM
Inspectorate of Probation and Ofsted
(2014)
10. Number of women and children accessing
domestic abuse services between 2007/08
and 2011/12, Women’s Aid Annual Survey
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Women Children
“In terms of domestic
abuse, research
typically finds that
between 25% and
50% of perpetrators
have been drinking
at the time of assault,
although in some
studies the figure is
as high as 73%.”
Source: Alcohol, Domestic Abuse And Sexual Assault, Institute of Alcohol Studies (2014)
11. The proportion of single homeless
people reporting that they...
… take drugs or are in recovery
39%
… have or are recovering from an
alcohol problem
27%
Source: Homeless Link and St Mungo’s Broadway (2014) Needs to know: Including single homelessness in Joint Strategic Needs
Assessments http://www.homeless.org.uk/sites/default/files/site-attachments/20141009%20Needs_to_Know_Report_2014_Final.pdf