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BRIEFING: Substance use and Welfare to Work:

Sophie Johnson, Lifeline Project

1. Background: An overview of welfare reform and substance use

2. Questions and challenges: A summary of related issues

3. Technologies: Key processes, services and resources underpinning welfare reform

Department for Work and Pensions paper on Drug use

Population estimates of problematic drug users in England who access DWP benefits: A feasibility study

A report of research carried out by the University of Glasgow and the University of Bath on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions Gordon Hay and Linda Bauld

A model for Harm Reduction?

Dr Russell Newcombe on the seven concepts that may cover all aspects related to reducing harm caused by the use of drugs. Russell explains the seven concepts: Context; Amounts; Methods; Patterns; Mixtures; Access and Product.

'Welfare to Work' Plus 'Potholed Road to Recovery'

The Government's Welfare to Work green paper, 'No one Written Off', is in a period of consultation. We have pulled together links and basic information to help those people interested in engaging with the discussion. Also attached is Mike Ashton's paper 'Potholed to Recovery':
'Recovery also provides a benevolent rationale for an entirely non-medical imperative -- to save money by getting patients out of treatment, off welfare benefits, back to work, and paying taxes. In the credit crunch era, Britain can no longer afford for people not to recover. Where a few months ago retention remained the yardstick of effective treatment, now the new aim is to get rid of the patients we can no longer afford to retain.' - Mike Ashton

Ian Wardle
Lifeline Chief Executive

Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs. Preview initiative - Part 3.

This material was created with a diverse range of contributors willing to share their experience, talent and knowledge with others inside and outside the drugs field. More coming soon.

Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs. Preview initiative - Part 2.

This material was created with a diverse range of contributors willing to share their experience, talent and knowledge with others inside and outside the drugs field. More coming soon.

Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs. Preview initiative.

This material was created with a diverse range of contributors willing to share their experience, talent and knowledge with others inside and outside the drugs field. More coming soon.

The Strategic Isolation of the Drugs Field
Ian Wardle, Lifeline CEO

"We have grown adjacent to, but in relative isolation, from other key health and social care sectors. Responding faithfully to a strong national lead, our centre of gravity has moved steadily and ever closer towards the Criminal Justice Sector. This movement has enabled the field to grow and prosper, but it has also served both to isolate us strategically and programmatically from key transformations at local level..."