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NDTMS Core data set GYOUNG PEOPLE SERVICES

Jill SmithPublic Health Liaison Manager

North East Public Health Observatory

National Drug (and Alcohol) Treatment Monitoring System

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Training Session Agenda

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What is NDTMS?

National Data Collection system9 Regional NDTMS teams

Performance managed through a Service Level Agreement

Overseen by The National Treatment Agency (NTA)- Special health authority (2001) tasked with improving the availability, capacity and effectiveness of drug treatment. Targeted to double numbers in effective treatment from 1998-2008; succeeded, focus now to maximise the benefit to individuals, families and communities – the recovery & re-integration agenda

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North East Regional Team

Jill Smith – Public health Liaison ManagerChristopher Barzey – Systems Integration ManagerMichelle Cook – Data ManagerJan Wearmouth – NDTMS Coordinator

Gayle Haswell – Health Information Analyst(YP, Tier 4, Hep C)

Darren Anderson – Health Information Analyst(Ad hoc, Trends, Annual Reports)

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What is NDTMS?

HISTORY and FOCUS OF DRUG DATA COLLECTION

60s/70s – Health & Welfare of Individual’s addiction1973 Home Office maintain an Addicts Index (defunct)

80s/90s - Public Health, Welfare and HIV prevalenceSpecialist Drug treatment data started to be collected via Regional drug misuse databases (RDMDs) through DH (100+ fields)

90s/00s - Crime Reduction and Community Safety2001 NTA given responsibility for data collection, etc2004 Electronic data transfer of NDTMS rolled out

•1st April 2006 YP data included•1st April 2008 Adult Alcohol treatment data included•1st April 2009 Dataset ‘F’ – major changes to YP dataset….

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What is NDTMS?

North East YP NDTMS (2008/09):-•Currently 12 YP agencies reporting in the North East•c.1,800 per year in YP treatment services•c.1350 YP started an effective treatment journey •61% Male to 39% Female•Ages of numbers in treatment ranges

from <5 age 9 to 513 aged 17•46% had primary drug of Cannabis•43% had primary drug of alcohol

(77% when including 2/3rd drug)

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Why do we need NDTMS?

GovernmentDrives PSA 14 and 25 (numbers in treatment include YP aged 16-18 in specialist drug or alcohol treatment) as part of the delivery for National Drug Strategy 2008-2011. Supports National Alcohol Strategy.NTA viewMore treatment, better treatment, fairer treatmentEffective Treatment, Changing LivesDAT/PCT viewEssential to Needs Analysis processInforms & facilitates planning & commissioningHidden Harm: ineffective if sparse data inputTreatment Service viewPreserve budgets funding treatmentEvidence for effective/innovative practices

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Who needs NDTMS?

Provider Agencies

NDTMS Core Data Set

NEPHO

DAT Partnerships

Interested Regional Partners

(NTA(SHA/PCTs(GONE (Probation(Prisons(NAO

NTA HQ

Home Office

DH

PMDU

PM Stocktake

Accountability Review

Non-identifiable data

Non-identifiable data

Non-identifiable data

Identifiable data only shared between NTA/NEPHO/Data provider

DSCF

MoJ

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Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP)

Validated, Peer-reviewed, and Published Tool of 20 Questions about•Illegal substance use•Injecting Behaviour•Crime•Social Health and Well-being

Information Collected for all Drug treatment clients aged 16=/+Collected at Treatment Start, 6 monthly reviews, Exit and Post ExitOutcome measured by change in scores

e.g. NE (Adults) has very high abstinence figures for those receiving a first Review for Crack Treatment, has better than national figures for housing problems but has similar levels of clients in paid work or education

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Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP) – Start TOPs

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Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP) – Review TOPs

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Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP) – Exit TOPs

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NDTMS :Where to find help:-

NE NDTMS website:-http://www.NEPHO.org.uk/ndtms

NTA Website:-http://www.nta.nhs.uk/areas/ndtms/core_data_set_page.aspx

Documentation:Business Definitions, Technical Definitions and Reference Data Beware revisions!

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National Drug (and Alcohol) Treatment Monitoring System

Questions

In your local Drug Action Team area1.Who Needs NDTMS data?2.Why?