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2013
REMINDER: NTA reporting outputs - user survey
Turning evidence into practice: Helping clients to access and engage with mutual aid
Alcohol treatment system is performing well but more work is needed to achieve further improvements
NTA welcomes consensus statement on addiction to medicines
New tools to help commission and deliver a cost-effective treatment system that helps people to recover from drug dependence
Paul Hayes talks to Druglink
Making recovery real
Outcomes matter - new recovery outcomes products
Drug treatment and the court system – it isn’t a waiting game
The Contribution of Clinical Psychologists to Recovery-orientated Drug and Alcohol Treatment Systems
Police and Crime Commissioners: giving local people a voice on cutting crime
Fall in heroin and crack use as drugs lose appeal, particularly for the young
Addiction to medicines: commissioning services after the health reforms
Paul Hayes reports to the Board on the changes to the provision and effectiveness of drug treatment
NTA responds to Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) report: "What about the Children?"
National survey of needle and syringe programmes
Turning evidence into practice: Helping service users to engage with treatment and stay the course
Drugs Recovery Adviser appointed by Public Health England
Public Health Outcomes Framework methodology revised
NBOMe and Benzofury groups of ‘legal highs’ to be banned
2012
A milestone on the road to recovery
Residential treatment providers meet
A message from Baroness Massey, Chair of the NTA
Survey for those who work with people affected by substance misuse
Stand together to make a difference - Paul Hayes at the DDN conference
Funding for drug treatment and recovery services 2012-13
Joint statement: Working together to build and promote recovery
Crime halved once drug addicts are on the road to recovery
Leading doctors say drug treatment services should adapt their "tremendous" success to the new challenges of designer drugs and alcohol misuse
NTA submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee drugs policy review
The drugs debate: Paul Hayes responds to Sir Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, in the BMJ
The NHS and local authorities should pool resources in order to expand specialist alcohol treatment
Proposals to amend the NDTMS dataset that is collected for young people receiving specialist substance misuse interventions
NTA Action Plan 2012-13
Report estimates number of crimes prevented by drug treatment
Department of Health publishes update on public health funding
Proposals to amend the dataset collected for alcohol treatment on NDTMS
Recovery Resources available to help commissioners and services meet the drug strategy outcomes
Treat addiction, cut crime
Mutuality of purpose or mutually exclusive?
Experts urge new recovery focus for heroin addiction treatment
Re-appointments to the Board
Changes to the core data set items collected by adult drug and alcohol treatment providers through the NDTMS
New tool provides access to substance misuse statistics
Recovery-focused care has the potential to significantly improve addiction treatment, say international experts
NTA steps up engagement with residential rehab sector
Drug addicts seeking treatment are doing better
The battle to tackle drug addiction is not lost - Paul Hayes responds to the New Statesman
The importance of visible recovery
The role of housing in recovery
New guide underpins effective medical care for drug and alcohol users
Recoverfest 2012: A celebration of recovery and transformation
A new approach to commissioning mutual aid services
Record numbers recovering from drug addiction
4th National Recovery walk
Trends and Transition: a drugs scene in flux?
Fewer young people develop drug and alcohol problems
Club drug users warned as new figures show more getting help
NICE quality standard for drug use disorders published
Reduced Reoffending - Building on Success
Changes to the NDTMS data set
Employment and Recovery: a good practice guide
Alcohol Strategy consultation
Harm reduction: the entry door to recovery
Rising to the new challenges
We need to start telling the good news about drug treatment - Paul Hayes in The Guardian
2011
Drug related deaths: setting up a local review process
Payment by results update
Information request from EMCDDA
Employment and housing: resource pack available
NTA Stakeholder seminar
Paul Hayes' speech to Royal College of Psychiatrists
‘Building recovery’ - NTA seeks help to shape drugs framework
Drug treatment cash to councils may hinge on recovery rates
Paul Hayes' speech: Seize the Day! DDN 4th service user conference
Payment by Results update: 16 local areas selected as potential pilot sites
NTA Board appointments
Shaping recovery: key events for the residential rehabilitation sector
Experts value help for young on substance misuse
Board meeting and papers - 15 March 2011
Statement from the NTA on national drug treatment statistics
Shaping recovery – the role of the residential sector
Shaping recovery – the challenge for the residential sector
Payment by results pilot schemes announced
NTA support secures film awards
Eastern recovery month – call for Recovery Champion Award nominations
Recovery service providers encouraged to take part in Payment by Results (PbR)
Family members and/or carers of people with drug problems - take part in the UKDPC survey
East of England - Former addicts showcase benefits of life without drink or drugs
NTA Action plan 2011-12
New guide safeguards children affected by substance misuse
NTA evidence to Health Select Committee
Eastern Recovery Month continues
Changes to ESA
UKDPC on-line survey of support for adult family members and/or carers of people with drug problems
Eastern recovery winners to take tea in the House of Lords
Board meeting and papers - 5 July 2011
'What can we learn from each other' - Skills Consortium Conference Briefing
Recovery takes flight in the Eastern region
Views sought on outcome definitions for ‘payment by results’ drug and alcohol recovery pilots
Doctors urged to review drug patients to ensure they are working to achieve recovery
Urgent update re Department of Health capital funding 2011-12
Letter from Paul Hayes to The Times about Rehab
Naloxone drugs kit trial saves lives
Proposals to modify the format of the NDTMS annual statistical report on adults in treatment
Paul Hayes' response to The Guardian's recent Datablog article
Paul Hayes' letter to The Independent about rehab
Official figures show second successive annual reduction in drug misuse deaths in England
New guide summarises the health harms of drugs
Fall in opiate and crack use in England: independent research published today
New feedback function available for service users to report difficulties in accessing residential rehabilitation
NDTMS statistics user engagement exercise responses
Letter to Addiction Today regarding Laura Graham's article on Prof Strang's review of prescribing practice
Proposals to amend the NDTMS dataset
Oxford's inaugural recovery walk a success
Latest drugs data shows more on road to recovery
Paul Hayes' speech to the DrugScope conference
Delivering a consensus on hepatitis C, substance misuse and health inequalities
Local government is going back to the future on drugs
More young people are beating drug and alcohol problems
Second national Substance Misuse Skills Consortium Event
Board meeting and papers - 13 December 2011
2010
Parliamentary briefing - March 2010
Current Job Vacancies
A look back at the politics of drug treatment
New residential rehabilitation directory launched
The TOP - Leading the world in oucomes monitoring
NTA response to DrugScope report: ‘Young people’s drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads’
NTA Board Meeting
New figures show drug treatment value of money
Cocaine: how the treatment system is responding to a growing problem - Channel Four news report
Largest ever study of cocaine users in treatment published
New NTA and Society Guardian microsite promotes benefits of recovery and reintegration
Anthrax update - 11 Feb
Parliamentary briefing - February 2010
First four year study of women in treatment
Advice for injecting drug users re Anthrax
Commissioning for Recovery – the essential guide to commissioning recovery-oriented treatment
New statistics show few teenagers need treatment for the most problematic drugs
Older users
Renewed guidance for treating heroin addicts in prison
CQC registration – FAQs developed by the NTA/CQC for substance misuse service providers
Vetting and Barring Scheme registration update - interim guidance issued
Skills consortium agrees recovery framework
NTA board papers - 6 July 2010
Skills Consortium open for membership
DDN service user directory
National Treatment Agency to join Public Health Service
Clinical expert boost for NTA skills team
NTA publishes 2010/11 business plan
NTA plans more effective treatments to help users quit drugs
NTA-supported students make the grade on harm-reduction course
Cornish residential detox centre opens with NTA backing
Drug addicts get more help to recover in the community
NTA issues ‘free mapping’ tool to prison drug workers
NTA board papers - 5 October 2010
Groundbreaking new NTA research offers new hope for drug addicts
Fewer young adults seek help for cocaine and crack use
Challenge hopelessness and facilitate citizenship: Paul Hayes' speech to the EATA conference
East of England - Former drug addicts celebrate recovery
NTA supports new innovative treatment centre
Facing the future: Paul Hayes' speech to Drugscope conference
NTA fulfils promise on expert group on medication and recovery
Call for tender submissions: A summary of the health harms of drugs
Drug addicts spurn shooting up
Paul Hayes' speech to All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse
Drug and alcohol treatment sector drives up standards of care
NTA responds to Public Health White Paper
Fewer teenagers seek help for misuse of Class A drugs
NTA response to publication of the drug strategy (2010)
Funding allocation for drug misuse treatment 2011-12
Piloting payment by results for drugs recovery: Invitation to participate
Advice for drug workers re drug users and employment
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Seasonal message from Paul Hayes to the drug treatment field
2009
Positive signs that teenagers increasingly shun the most problematic drugs
Public value drug treatment because it makes their communities safer and reduces crime
More injecting drug users are being tested for Hepatitis C
Rise in number of cocaine-dependent women entering treatment
New appointment to the Board of the NTA
Moves to provide greater protection for children living with drug addicts
Funding for under-18s' drug and alcohol treatment in England moves towards a fairer system
NHS: Mitch Winehouse wrong on waiting lists for drug treatment
Trends in drug treatment show shift away from 'trainspotting' generation
NTA statement on injectable heroin trial
Drug treatment to get funding boost for 2009/10
Drug treatment for prisons to get funding boost
New initiative to boost skills aims to improve the delivery of drug treatment
Appointments to the Board of the NTA
Life saving kits to be given to families of injecting drug users in groundbreaking scheme
More young people seek help for problems with drugs as services expand
Annette Dale-Perera leaving the NTA
Baroness Doreen Massey has been re-appointed to serve as Chair of the Board
First talking therapies toolkit for drugs workers
New mapping tool to tackle drug addiction
Majority of local drug treatment networks score top ratings in national review
First comprehensive picture of drug and alcohol treatment for young people in England
NTA chief executive, Paul Hayes’ response to Guardian Society article “Rattling out prescriptions writes off addicts”
National Residential Rehabilitation Meeting – report on progress
NTA parliamentary briefing
NTA board papers available
Getting better, and getting on with your life
Tender for a new website for the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
Questions the NTA has answered
Guardian publishes Road to Recovery supplement today
Paul Hayes comments on recent reports on drug treatment at UKDWF
Paul Hayes speaks to the Film Exchange on Drug and Alcohol (FEAD)
Drug treatment activity 2008/09
Guardian roundtable event - The road to recovery
NTA board meeting - 6 October 2009
Rosanna O'Connor visits residential rehabilitation facility in Chorley
Largest assessment of treatment programmes in England for heroin and crack cocaine addicts shows drug treatment works
Reminder - NDTMS Core Data Set G consultation
Evaluating Harm Reduction Works Campaign
ONS data for drug treatment in England 2008/09
Special ONS report on deaths related to drug poisonings in England and Wales 2008
NDTMS core data set G consultation
Pilot sites to test a new regime for problem drug users on benefit
Breaking the link: the role of drug treatment in tackling crime
Routes to recovery: new resources for clinicians and key workers helping clients on their journeys to recovery
NTA parliamentary briefing, July 2009
Freedom of information
Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes presentations now available
The NTA is working to ensure that reintegration of service users into the workplace is appropriately considered
July board papers now available
UK Statistics Authority report on the NTA
Farewell – and thanks – to Grantley Haynes
Effective re-integration of drug addicts requires a joint effort, says Paul Hayes
Delivering effective needle and syringe programmes
NTA response to Centre for Policy Studies’ report
Needle and Syringe programme guidance – implementation tools now available
Seven partnerships across England have been awarded Drug Systems Change Pilot status
Paul Hayes' speech at the Drug and Alcohol Today conference
Let's find out why drug users leave treatment, says Paul Hayes
NTA working with Jobcentre Plus to support clients through drug treatment and into work
NTA welcomes funding for addiction research clusters
2007/08 data validation exercise
New funding for prison drug treatment
Psychosocial Interventions Resource Library
NTA publications – a reminder
NTA response to DrugScope report on drug treatment
Meeting to discuss collection of criminal involvement TOP data
NTA board meeting: 10 March 2009
HPA warning on wound botulism
ACMD report on Hepatitis C
NICE guidance on needle exchanges and syringe programmes
2009/10 Pooled Treatment Budget
Polarised debate is not taking drug treatment forward
Partnership and provider guidance on developing training and employment pathways
Call for expressions of interest
NTA Board member awarded OBE
Voices for Choices conference
New resources to support drug users into employment
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Trends and transition: a drugs scene in flux? - Martin Barnes, DrugScope
Rising to the new challenges - Roger Howard, UKDPC
Police and crime commissioners: giving local people a voice on cutting crime - Ron Ball, PCC
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