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July 2011

July 24, 2011: PAYMENT by RESULTS PILOTS: RESISTING REFORM
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"Drugs Recovery PbR is to be tested out through eight pilot areas to run for one year from 11 October 2011. Problems are inherent from the start," stated a report by the Centre for Policy Studies's Kathy Gyngell. The PbR...

July 20, 2011: BENZO REPORTS 2011: CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
Comments: 2 | Categories: Policies, legislation , Research
Related story on National Addiction Centre and National Treatment Agency reports on Addiction to Medicine. Professor John Strang was lead author of the NAC report. Parliamentary question by Eric Ollerenshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what interests...

July 20, 2011: ADDICTION TO OTC AND PRESCRIBED MEDICINES: UP A PRIMROSE PATH*
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Two reports on addiction to prescription and over-the-counter medicines have been created to help government develop policy and services – but they are fatally flawed, omitting critical drugs, ignoring treatment providers they were tasked to contact and hiding possibly 1.5million...

July 20, 2011: IATROGENESIS AND OUR BENZODIAZEPINE SECRET
Comments: 2 | Categories: Medical
In June, Addiction Today was contacted by a 50-year old man, Josh, who kindly gave me permission to tell his story in the hope that it will help effect change and help others in a similar situation. Read related article:...

July 3, 2011: BLUE-SKY THINKING
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Half a year after the Drug Strategy was launched, stating that “supporting people to live a drug-free is at the heart of our recovery ambition”, what highlights and pitfalls have arisen? David Burrowes MP gives a personal and political overview....

July 2, 2011: PSYCHIATRISTS: PROGRESSING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS TO UNDERSTAND RECOVERY
Comments: 0 | Categories: Current Affairs
The Addictions Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists held its annual conference in May. Laura Graham listened to psychiatrists’ advances in understanding and treating additions. Praise is due to Dr Alison Battersby and Dr Francis Keaney who organised this...