Key reading:
Nothing about us, without us. English users representative report
IHRA, 2007.
In May 2007, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) sponsored eleven service user representatives from across England, to attend the International Harm Reduction Association’s (IHRA) 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, hosted in Warsaw. Their intention was to collect information on new evidence-based initiatives on reducing drug-related harm and communicate these messages to the wider service user community. The overall aim was to identify examples of international good practice that could inform and improve harm reduction services in England. This report covers the team’s five key areas of learning from conference - blood borne virues, harm reduction, prisons, service user involvement and drug users involved in sex work.
Download: Full report (PDF 180KB)
TOP (Treatment Outcomes Profile) Service users guide: making your drug treatment better
NTA, 2007.
Guidance for drug users and their keyworkers on what to expect from drug treatment.
Web: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/publications/
documents/top_service_users_guide_070807.pdf
Getting help with a drug problem
NTA, 2007.
This guide aims to explain to drug users what help is available and what they can expect from drug services.
Download: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/publications/documents/
nta_getting_help_with_a_drug_problem.pdf (PDF 541KB)
Important information for travellers carrying controlled or prescription drugs
Home Office, 2007.
Home Office guidance on personal licences for travellers who are carrying certain controlled drugs abroad (or in the case of an import licence, into the UK) for short periods for their own personal use.
Download: Guidance (PDF 191KB)
National client satisfaction survey of drug users in treatment
UK. National Health Service. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, NTA 2005.
The survey will capture key information on client demographics, clients’ perceptions on their treatment experience (audited against Models of Care) and scored attitude questions. The primary objectives of the survey are to: ascertain the overall degree of satisfaction with drug treatment; establish the extent to which drug treatment is operating in line with Models of Care and whether there is a link between adherence to Models of Care and overall client satisfaction; use satisfaction ratings to assess the performance of treatment services and treatment systems; and gather baseline information for measuring change over time, as a function of service delivery and improvement.
Download: www.nta.nhs.uk/publications/documents/
ta_nus1_user_satisfaction_survey.pdf (PDF)
The rehab handbook
Preston A and Malinowski A., Exchange supplies, 1999
The first booklet to take users through the process of deciding whether or not they need rehab and if they do, how to go about finding the right one
Price: £1.50
Web: Exchange supplies
The detox handbook
Preston A and Malinowski A., Exchange supplies, 1999.
A very useful guide for users who are thinking of coming off opiates, detailing the options facing them before they make a decision to detox, taking them through the withdrawal symptoms and the difficulties of staying off
Price: £1.50
Web: Exchange supplies
The safer injecting handbook
Preston A., Exchange supplies, 1999.
The latest addition to Andrew Preston’s successful handbook series. A new, detailed safer injecting guide for IV drug users. Essential reading for all injectors and needle exchange workers
Price: £1.50
Web: Exchange supplies
