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Foresight project looking at how future scientific advances may affect our understanding of addiction and drug use.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
New recommendations following a review of the risks of dependence and addiction associated with prolonged use of opioid medicines (opioids) for non-cancer pain.…
Thousands of prisoners are getting clean thanks to a doubling of drug-free wings in jails as the government’s war on addiction steps up a gear.
Manual for healthcare practitioners on building and carrying out an effective plan for recovery from substance addiction.…
A research study of treatment integrity in prison addiction Therapeutic Communities.
Resource for commissioners, providers and clinicians to identify the essential functions of addiction specialist doctors in recovery oriented treatment.…
Review of the outcomes of the Foresight 'Brain science, addiction and drugs' project in the year following its launch.
Dame Carol Black's independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
A new £3.7 million employment programme will see mentors who have beat drug or alcohol addiction placed in Jobcentres to help others with dependencies recover and get back into work.
Applying for an individual domestic drugs licence to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction.…
Research with claimants to inform Dame Carol Black's report 'Drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity: effects on employment outcomes'.
The ACMD’s response to correspondence from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in relation to Northern Ireland’s continued maintenance of the Addicts Index.…
A call for evidence to inform an independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.
Supporting safer use
This document details the government response to the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee Report on Immersive and Addictive Technologies.
You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities
Employment Tribunal decision.
Screening for lung disease is not common in drug and alcohol treatment services but Lambeth has set up a lung health clinic in its CDAT team.
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