Rehabgrads Service User Consultation Bury St Edmunds CRI 2013

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CRI Service User Consultation 2013

Researchers:

Oliver Phillips (East of England Chair), Del Newman (East of England Secretary),

Rhys Walters (National Secretary)

Data Report:

56 Service Users of CRI In receipt of substitute medication Resident of Bury St. Edmunds

Service User Vital Statistics

a) Sex: Male: 75 %, Femaile: 25%

=

b) Age: 018: 0, 1925: 6%, 2635: 28%, 3645: 44%, 45+: 22%

75%

25%

Sex

Male

Female


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c) Years in addiction: 05: 10%, 510: 25%, 1015: 14%, 1520: 14%, 20+: 37%

d) Employment Status: Employed: 15%, Unemployed receiving benefits: 85%

0%

6%

28%

44%

22%

Age

0 - 18

19 - 25

26 - 35

36 - 45

45+

10%

25%

14%14%

37%

Years in addiction

0 to 5

5 to 1010 to 15

15 to 20

20+


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e) Housing Status: Homeless: 16%, In Housing: 84%

15%

85%

Employment Status

Employed

Unemployed receiving

benefits

16%

84%

Housing Status

Homeless

In Housing


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f) Service users with children: Have Children: 74%, Dont have children: 26%

Questions

Question 1: How long have you been in receipt of substitute medication?

0 -1 Year: 35%, 1 -2 Years: 9%, 25 Years: 28%, 510 Years: 13%, 1020 Years: 11%, 20 + Years:

4%

74%

26%

Service Users With Children

Have Children

No Children

35%

9%28%

13%

11%

4%

Length of time on substitute

medication

0 -1 Years

1 - 2 Years

2 - 5 Years

5 - 10 Years

10 - 20 Years

20 Years +


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Question 2:What do you consider to be your primary drug of choice?

Heroin: 77%, Heroin/Crack Cocaine: 9%, Crack Cocaine: 4%, Amphetamines: 2%. Cocaine: 2%,

Methadone: 2%, Alcohol: 4%

Question 3:Are you taking any other drugs?

Yes: 40%, No: 60%

77%

9%

4%2%

2%

2% 4%

Primary Drug of Choice

Heroin

Heroin/Crack Cocaine

Crack Cocaine

Amphetamines

Cocaine

MethadoneAlcohol

40%

60%

Using other drugs

Yes

No


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Question 4:Are you prescribed any other medication?

No: 53%, Yes: 47%

Question 5: Have you ever used drugs intravenously?

In the past: 50%, Currently: 23%, Never: 27%

47%

53%

Other medication prescibed

Yes

No

50%

23%

27%

Intravenous Drug Use

In the past

Currently

Never


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Question 6 : Since entering the service what effect has there been on your

drug/alcohol use?

None: 13%, Drug use increase/Alcohol use decrease: 5%, Drug use decrease/Alcohol use increase:

13%, Drug use decrease/Alcohol use decrease: 28%, Drug use decrease: 37%, Alcohol use decrease:1%, Alcohol use increase: 1%, Drug use increase: 1%

Question 7: Since beginning on a methadone/subutex treatment program has

your dosage?

Increased: 11%, Decreased: 56%, Stayed the same: 14%, N/A: 19%

13% 5%

13%

28%

38%

1% 1%1%

Effect on Drug Use(DU) / Alcohol

Use(AU)

None

DU+ / AU-

DU- / AU+

DU- / AU-

DU-

AU-

AU+

DU+

11%

56%

14%

19%

Substitute medication dosage

Increased

Decreased

Stayed the same

N/A


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Question 8: Regarding your prescription what is your long term goal?

Come off it completely: 77%, Decrease: 5%, Maintain: 5%, N/A: 13%

Question 9: How do you pick up your prescription?Daily Supervised: 37%, Daily Unsupervised: 9%, Weekly: 36%, Fortnightly: 2%, N/A: 16%

77%

5%

5% 13%

Substitute medication long term goal

Come off it completely

Decrease

Maintain

N/A

37%

9%36%

2% 16%

Method of prescription collection

Daily Supervised

Daily Unsupervised

Weekly

Fortnightly

N/A


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Question 10: What choices have you been offered by your key worker in

regards to treatment for addiction?

Maintenance: 32%, Harm Reduction: 5%, Day Programme: 21%, Residential Treatment: 5%, Harm

Reduction/Day Programme: 5%, Maintenance/Harm Reduction: 5%, Maintenance/Day Programme:8%, N/A: 8%

32%

5%

21%5%

5%

5%

5%

8%

14%

Addiction treatment options offered by

keyworker

Maintenance

Harm Reduction

Day Programme

Residential Treatment

Harm Reduction/Day Programme

Day Programme/Residential

Treatment

Maintenance/Harm Reduction

Maintenance/Day Programme

N/A


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Question 11: Since becoming a registered service user of CRI how have the

following aspects of life been affected?

Question 12: Have you ever committed crime to fund your addiction?

In the past: 62%, Daily: 7%, Sometimes: 15%, Never: 15%, N/A: 1%

Financially

Health and Wellbeing

Housing

Personal Relationships

Employment

Interests/Hobbies

46%

40%

31%

37%

13%

31%

17%

31%

17%

13%

11%

17%

37%

29%

52%

50%

76%

52%

Aspects of life affectedStayed the same Declined Improved

62%7%

15%

15%

1%

Crime committed to fund addiction

In the past

Daily

Sometimes

Never

N/A


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Question 13: Have you been convicted of a crime?

Question 14: If still involved with criminal activity, since becoming a registeredservice user, has this activity?

Increased: 2%, Decreased: 66%, Stayed the same: 16%, N/A: 16%

None

Caution

Fine

Order

Custodial

2

25

29

22

34

ConvictionsService Users which received convictions

2%

66%

16%

16%

Effect on criminal activity

Increased

Decreased

Stayed the same

N/A


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Question 15: Have you ever tried a community day program?

Yes: 50%, No: 50%

If Yes, what was the outome:

Negative: 37%, Positive: 26%, Currently in Open Road: 37%

Question 16: Have you ever been to residential rehabilitation?

Yes: 25%, No: 75%

If Yes, what was the outome:

Negative: 57%, Positive: 36%, N/A: 37%

50%50%

Tried day program

Yes

No

25%

75%

Tried residential rehabilitation

Yes

No


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Question 17: Have you been offered the chance, in your service, to speak to

someone in recovery?

Yes: 53%, No: 47%

Question 18: If given the chance, do you believe this would be helpful to you?

Yes: 89%, No: 11%

53%

47%

Offered to speak to someone in

recovery

Yes

No

89%

11%

Helpful to speak to someone in recovery

Yes

No


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Question 19: We see full recovery as being free from addiction, abstaining from

drugs and alcohol and living and enjoying life. Has this option ever been

suggested to you?

Yes: 86%, No: 14%

Question 20: If you were given this option, would it be something you would

like to try?

Yes: 74%, Consider: 23%, No: 3%

86%

14%

Full recovery suggested

Yes

No

74%

23%

3%

Would like to try full recovery

Yes

Consider

No


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Question 21: Starting in July there will be a weekly Recovery group called The

Key to Freedom. This group will be run by recovering addicts sharing their

personal experience of addiction and how full recovery can be achieved. Would

you be interested in attending a group like this?

Yes: 67%, Consider: 23% No: 3%

Question 22: Has the option of going to Residential Rehabilitation ever been

made aware to you?

Yes: 53%, No: 45%, N/A: 2%

67%

28%

5%

Would attend 'Key to Freedom' group

Yes

Consider

No

53%45%

2%

Awareness of residential

rehabilitation

Yes

No

N/A


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Question 23: What do you consider some of the barriers to be in accessing

Residential Rehabilitation?

Unaware of this option: 29%, Financial disadvantage: 31%, Discouraged from this option: 6%,

Children: 13%, Other: 11%, N/A: 10%

Question 24: If you were offered Residential Rehabilitation would you considergoing?

Yes: 69%, No: 27%, Consider: 4%

29%

31%

6%

13%

11%

10%

Barriers to accessing residential

rehabilitation

Unaware

Financial

Discouraged

Children

Other

N/A

69%

27%

4%

Consider going to residential

rehabilitation

Yes

No

Consider

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