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“Abstinence-based drug treatment will grow by more than 2,000 places a year following over £54 million of government capital funding,” stated a press release issued by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse on 26 November. “The places in 42 residential treatment and supported housing centres throughout England will work with addicts to help them to overcome their drug dependency and support them in leading drug-free lifestyles.”

Readers taking these words at face value might assume that £54million funding had been given to abstinence-based residential treatment centres. Addiction Today puts the funding and rehab beds at only a fraction of that, and notes that significant expenditure is for NHS detox beds and “remodelling” – but in the interests of transparency, accuracy and accountability, we welcome readers’ breakdowns of the expenditure. So let’s look closer at the list of beneficiaries supplied by the NTA in its press release distributed 26 November 2008 (AT comments in italics).

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VOLUNTARY SECTOR PROVIDERS AWARDED FUNDS.

Equinox, Southwark, £371k for remodelling and adding two additional beds. ‘Residential rehabilitation.’ Commissioned by Southwark PCT.
Outline (but no breakdown of the grant) for aftercare for “drug using offenders” is here

Ethnic Alcohol Counselling in Hounslow, £2.75m for 20 additional supported ‘housing/ residential rehabilitation beds’ in Brent. Commissioned by Brent PCT.
No description on website.  

Alcohol Recovery Project, Lewisham, £147k for refurb of 13 supported housing/residential rehabilitation beds. Commissioned by Lewisham PCT.
not new places.

Alcohol Recovery Project, Islington, £69k for refurb of 7 bed unit. Commissioned by Islington PCT.
not new places.

Alcohol Recovery Project, Lambeth, £86k for refurb of 9 bed supported housing. Commissioned by Lambeth PCT.
not new places.

Cranstoun City Roads, Islington, £93k, 9 bathroom refurb. Commissioned by Islington PCT.
not new places.

Equinox, Hackney, £132,830, for roof and boiler repairs. Commissioned by Hackney PCT.
not new places.

Rugby House, Islington, £1.03m for refurb. Commissioned by Islington PCT.
not new places.

Burton Addiction Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, £1 m for 21-bed unit. Commissioned by South Staffordshire PCT.
21 abstinence-based residential-treatment beds. This area has higher-than-average referrals to drug-free treatment.

Willowdene Farm, Chorley, Shropshire, £590k for refurbishment and 6 independent living flats, 2 family units. Commissioned by Shropshire PCT
Description of Willowdene’s work here.

Bosence Farm, Hayle, £1.55m for 15 additional beds in Hayle. Commissioned by Cornwall & Isles of Scilly PCT.
15 beds; description of Bosence Farm’s work here.  

Turning Point, Bury, £163k for remodelling. Commissioned by Bury PCT
not new places.

Inward House, Lancaster, £1,841,000 for 8 bed medically monitored withdrawal and residential rehabilitation. Commissioned by North Lancashire PCT.
No breakdown given of how many beds are for detox, how many residential rehabilitation. Description of its work here.  

Blackburn with Darwen PCT, £107k for 5 additional beds. Commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen PCT.
No details given.

Passmore House, Harlow, £3,143.000 for 6 rehab beds plus 12 in-patient detoxification beds. Commissioned by West Essex PCT.
6 residential rehabilitation beds (a third of the project).

Kenward House, £379,000 for 18 residential beds, 1 in-patient detoxification and 12 bed in follow on reintegration unit, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent. Commissioned by West Kent PCT.
18 residential rehabilitation beds - although the funding looks low for such a high provision.

Yeldall Manor, Reading, £379,000 for 10 bed (remodel) inpatient detoxification unit. Commissioned by Berkshire PCT.

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STATUTORY PROVIDERS AWARDED FUNDS.

North East London Mental Health Trust, Waltham Forest, £4.3m for 16 bed unit. Commissioned by Waltham Forest PCT.

South London & Maudsley Mental Health Trust, Southwark, £2m for 11 additional beds and 14 bed refurb. Commissioned by Southwark PCT.

Central & North West London Mental Health Trust, North Kensington, £800k for 25 bed refurb. Commissioned by Kensington & Chelsea PCT.

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey PCT, £4m for 15 bed inpatient detoxification (new build). Commissioned by Barnet PCT.

Provider TBC, £1.75m for 7 new beds in County Durham. Commissioned by Durham PCT.

English Churches Housing/ Middlesbrough PCT, £250k for rebuild. Commissioned by Middlesbrough PCT.

Heart of Birmingham PCT, Birmingham, £2.3m for 6 detox beds and 12 rehab beds. Commissioned by Heart of Birmingham PCT.
6 residential rehabilitation beds.

Shropshire County PCT, Bicton Heath, £500k for 10 beds. Commissioned by Shropshire County PCT.

Gloucester Partnership Trust, Gloucester, £1m for 12 bed refurb. Commissioned by Gloucester PCT.

Avon & Wiltshire Partnership, Bristol, £350k 12 beds (remodel). Commissioned by Bristol PCT.

North Manchester PCT, Manchester, £338k, 6 beds (remodel). Commissioned by Manchester PCT.

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SUPPORTED HOUSING SCHEMES AWARDED FUNDS.

Provider being tendered for, £1.3m for 10 bed (refurb) in Gateshead. Commissioned by Gateshead PCT.

Provider being tendered for, £1.5m, for 10 bed (refurb) in Gateshead. Commissioned by Gateshead PCT.

Consortium - Inclusion Drug & Alcohol Services (South Staffs MHT), Phoenix Futures, and Midland Heart Housing Trust, £2m – increase existing 6 bed to 10 and develop 12 units 1st stage and 16 units 2nd stage &and floating support in Birmingham. Commissioned by Heart of Birmingham PCT.
Already cited under statutory providers, Heart of Birmingham item.

Provider being tendered for, £1.84m for 20 beds in Solihull. Commissioned by Solihull PCT.

Provider to be tendered for, £600k for 9 beds in Bristol. Commissioned by Bristol PCT.

English Churches Housing Group, £300k for remodelling in Manchester. Commissioned by Manchester PCT.

Yorkshire & Humber. Provider to be confirmed, £950k for 10 bed (remodel) in Calderdale. Commissioned

by Kirklees PCT.

Provider to be confirmed, £1.953m for 9 additional beds in Barnsley. Commissioned by Barnsley PCT.

Real World Trust, £360,000 for 10 bed (remodelling) in the Isle of White. Commissioned by IoW PCT

SMASH Project. £600,000 for remodelling of 24 supported housing units in Nottinghamshire. Commissioned by Nottinghamshire DAAT.

STEP UP Project. £100,000 for remodelling of 10 one bed flats in Derby City. Commissioned by Derby Community Safety Partnership.

Derbyshire Accommodation project - Nottingham Community Housing project. £300,000 for remodelling of 18 supported housing units in Derbyshire. Commissioned by Derbyshire DAAT.

PHaSE Project. £677,000 for remodelling of 12 supported housing units in Northamptonshire. Commissioned by Northamptonshire DAAT.

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PRISON DEVELOPMENT

HMP Eastwood Park, Gloucestershire, £8,000,000 for remodelling of 80 prison rehabilitation units. Commissioned by Gloucestershire PCT.