Effective treatment. Changing lives Needs Assessment Tools Past, Present and Future Data and methods...

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Effective treatment. Changing lives

Needs Assessment Tools Past, Present and Future

Data and methods available for carrying out needs assessment

25th October 2010

Content

An overview of the data and tools Prevalence and unmet need Treatment Maps TOP data Needle Exchange informationViewIt and DAT families Unit Costs and Value for Money

The NDTMS and needs assessment

Adult Drug UsersYoung People Alcohol

Prevalence and unmet need

Estimates of the number of opiate and crack users (PDUs)

Local Partnership 3500 PDUs

NDTMS can provide the numbers of PDUs in treatment

1200 PDUs

NDTMS can be matched to other data sources

1200 PDUs

Or surveys can be carried out

Or surveys can be carried outhostel

1200 PDUs

Data can be segmented by age (15 – 25)

100 PDUs

1200 PDUs

Or surveys can be carried out

Or surveys can be carried outhostel

The treatment map data

Purpose to map the flow and profile of clients into, through and out of treatment

Helps identify gaps in provision, issues and blockagesFour stages

Treatment Entry In Treatment Transfers Treatment Exit

Treatment map - treatment entry

Agency A

CJS Self

Agency B Agency C

Prison

Agency A

CJS Self

Agency B Agency C

Prison

Client ProfileSubstances Used

Age Ranges Number Treatment Naive

Parents

The treatment map data

Agency A

CJS Self

Agency B Agency C

Prison

Data from the treatment outcomes profile (TOP)

TOP collects data across four domains Drug useInjecting and sharing Criminal activity Physical and social functioning (including housing and

employment)

Two TOP reports available for Needs Assessment

• All• 18-24 • 25+

• All • PDU • Non-PDU

• All• Previous• New

• All• CJS• Non-CJS

Nationality Data

Agency NameUnited

Kingdom Portugal Ireland Italy Poland

Agency A 48% 18% 8% 4% 4%

Agency B 69% 6% 3% 5% 2%

Agency C 92% 0% 0% 1% 0%

Agency D 82% 3% 1% 0% 3%

Needle Exchange Report (NEXMS)

Provides a report on needle exchange activity within a partnership that contains information onThe equipment that is dispensed and returned An estimate on the number of people using the exchangesThe substances that are being used An estimate on the numbers that are in treatment

130K needles 130K needles 92% returned92% returned 400 users400 users 100 in Tx100 in Tx

90% 2ML90% 2ML

Viewit and DAT families

London and surrounding area – PDU Prevalence

Value for Money Tool

Developed to demonstrate the local value for moneyReports the cost and benefits of drug treatmentSavings in health and crime costs Allow scenario planning for changes in outcomes and

spending

Value for Money

Value Improvement Tool

Segmented clientgroups by substance

Treatment pathway 1

Treatment pathway 2

Treatment pathway …11

Cost (£)

Days in treatment

Workforce

Treatment pathway 1

Treatment pathway 2

Treatment pathway …11

Outputs(NDTMS)

& Outcomes

Cost (£)

Days in treatment

WorkforceDAT family, regional

and national benchmarks

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