Treatment benefits communties.
For every £1 spent on drug treatment, at least £2.50 in crime
and health costs can be saved.
Why drug and alcohol
services benefits communities
Drug and alcohol misuse in Kent causes
a wide range of problems for families and communities as well as
the individuals who have drug or alcohol problems.
Kent Drug and Alcohol Action Team
(KDAAT) aims to reduce this by ensuring effective and accessible
treatment is available to all Kent residents.
To do this, we commissions a range of
substance misuse services across the county to promote and support
recovery of individuals and families. Treatment can
acheive real benefits.
- Individuals can get help to reduce
their drug or alcohol use.
- Families can be supported to cope
with problems caused by drugs or alcohol.
- Communities benefit from improved
health and wellbeing, and reduced drug or alcohol related crime and
anti-social behaviour.
There are also benefits for society as
a whole. Evidence suggests that for every £1 spent on drug
treatment at least society saves two-and-half times that
in the crime and health costs of drug misuse. NICE estimates the
costs generated by each injecting drug-user add up to £480,000 over
their lifetimes. More information about drug treatment and the
benefits is published by the National Treatment Agency.
How are treatment services organised and funded?
We are a commissioning body.
Commissioning is a complex process that involves funding,
evaluation and monitoring services and each local community's
requirements.
Needs assessments for
adult and young people are compiled each year (currently
2009/10) and inform future priorities set out in our business
plans. The needs assessment identifies where dependencies are more
prevalent and the type of issues in different areas of Kent.
To ensure that our acheivements can be
assessed and measured business plans are submitted each year
to the KDAAT Board, both for adult and young persons' services.
These outline how we will meet strategic objectives for
substance misuse services. Our performance is
measured against the business plans.
View the full documents.
KDAAT Adult Treatment Plan 2010 - 2011
KDAAT Young people’s specialist substance misuse treatment
plan 2010/11
KDAAT Adult Needs Assessment 2011
KDAAT Young People's Needs Assessment 2010 (PDF 232kb)