Residential Rehabilitation Working Group: drug and alcohol residential treatment services - recommendations

This report provides a set of recommendations to the Scottish Government and other partners involved in reducing the harms caused by problematic use of alcohol and drugs - recommendations which aim to improve access to residential rehabilitation treatment.


Footnotes

1. de Andrade D, Elphinston RA, Quinn C, Allan J, Hides L. The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: A systematic review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Aug 1; 201:227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.031. Epub 2019 Jun 20. PMID: 31254749.

2.  (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2014), Residential treatment for drug use in Europe, EMCDDA Papers, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg)

3.  Effective Interventions Unit (2004) Residential detoxification and rehabilitation services for drug users: a review, (Scottish Government)

4.  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2007) Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions, p17

5. https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-and-recovery-action-plan/

6. Scotland's National Performance Framework: Purpose Values and National Outcomes 2018 – www.nationalperformance.gov.scot

7. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-public-health-priorities/pages/7/

8. https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-recovery/pages/6/

9.  https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-recovery/pages/6/

10.  https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-recovery/pages/6/

11.  https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-recovery/pages/6/

12. https://www.gov.scot/publications/rights-respect-recovery/pages/4/

13. de Andrade D, Elphinston RA, Quinn C, Allan J, Hides L. The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: A systematic review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Aug 1; 201:227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.031. Epub 2019 Jun 20. PMID: 31254749.

14. http://www.healthscotland.scot/population-groups/children/adverse-childhood-experiences-aces/overview-of-aces

15.  The survey consisted of 22 questions, comprising of a range of multiple choice, single-select drop-down and open-ended questions. A number of facilities were contacted by phone to clarify their responses.

16.  Completed surveys were received for; Abbeycare Scotland (Abbeycare UK Ltd); Benaiah (Teen Challenge UK); Castle Craig Hospital (Castle Craig); The Haven, Kilmacolm (The Haven); Hebrides Alpha Project (Hebrides Alpha Project); Jericho House (Dundee); Jericho House Greenock (Bank Street) & Jericho House Greenock (Shanland Road) (Jericho Society); Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence Programme (LEAP) (NHS Lothian); and Phoenix Futures Care Home (Phoenix Futures); Safe as Houses Project (Alternatives); Sunnybrae (Teen Challenge UK); Whitchester House (Teen Challenge UK). Replies were not received for the following facilities; Beechwood House & CrossReach Residential Recovery Service (Church of Scotland); King's Court (Maxie Richards Foundation); The Priory Glasgow (Priory Group); River Garden Auchincruive (River Garden).

17.  (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2014), Residential treatment for drug use in Europe, EMCDDA Papers, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg)

18.  https://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/sites/c3ri/files/Final%20Full%20Report.pdf

19.  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2007) Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions

20. https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/217018/0058174.pdf

21.  https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/files/68f47caf1ca439a09dc048bed3618dcb.pdf

22.  https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/files/68f47caf1ca439a09dc048bed3618dcb.pdf 

23.  https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/part1reportfinal.pdf

24.  Gossop M, Marsden J, Stewart D, Rolfe A. Treatment retention and 1 year outcomes for residential programmes in England. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1999 Dec 1;57(2):89-98. doi: 10.1016/s0376-8716(99)00086-1. PMID: 10617094.

25.  https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/Footprints%202020%20.pdf 

26. de Andrade D, Elphinston RA, Quinn C, Allan J, Hides L. The effectiveness of residential treatment services for individuals with substance use disorders: A systematic review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 Aug 1;201:227-235. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.031. Epub 2019 Jun 20. PMID: 31254749

27.  These figures should be read with caution, as there is a chance that the survey question was misinterpreted as seeking a cost to the institution to provide rehabilitation programmes for each individual as opposed to a cost to the individual accessing their services.

28.  https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/files/68f47caf1ca439a09dc048bed3618dcb.pdf 

29. https://www2.gov.scot/resource/doc/321958/0103435.pdf 

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