The NTA has, unfortunately, been informed by the Department of Health that the £5m capital funding for drug and alcohol recovery services, announced on 28 July, is no longer available and we will therefore no longer be requiring providers to submit bids.

This is a huge disappointment to the NTA and we would like to apologise to providers and commissioners, on behalf of the Department of Health, for the inconvenience that this has caused.

Read more in this letter from NTA director of Delivery, Rosanna O’Connor.