integrated drug treatment system lessons learned from implementation
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Background
IDTS is a joint venture between criminal justice (Min of Justice) and Health (DH)
In recent years there has been growing evidence that integrated drug treatment, including methadone maintenance, is effective in reducing crime and preserving life (NICE, 2007)
One half of all prison suicides happen in the first 28 days of custody
62% of those who died were problematic drug users (HMP Safer Custody Internal Report 2002)
Under 24 hours11%
24 hrs - 7 days21%
1 wk - 1 mth 19%
Over 1 mth 49%
Timing of 172 suicides by period of time in custody (DH 2003)
Someone received into a prison is twice as likely to commit suicide in the
first week of imprisonment if they are drug dependent
In the week following release, prisoners are 37 times more likely to die of overdose than other members of the public. Women are 69 times more likely to do so.
Opiates were involved in 97% of drug related deaths that occurred in the first two weeks of release from prison. (Home Office 2005)
Left prison on methadone
Left prison not on methadone
Death rates of drug users leaving prison (Dolan et al 2005)
0.95
0.96
0.97
0.98
0.99
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0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36
Rate of survival
months
NDPDU CARATs Support Managers
CSIP H&SCCJ Programme Director (Kieron Murphy)
IDTS Regional SteeringGroups (9)
IDTS Regional Development Manager (CSIP/ NTA)
IDTS Central Project Team
CARAT Area Support Manager
Area Drug Coordinator
SHA/ PCT Representative
Regional HSCCJ CSIP Lead
ROM Representative
DIP Regional Representative
NTA Regional IDTS Lead
Central Project Team Representative
Prison Health Clinical Lead
(The Regional IDTS Lead may be either)
NTA IDTS Programme Manager(Fintan Hayes)
Establishment IDTS Implementation Group (for each First Wave prison)
… plus others as agreed locally