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Setting the scene – What does localism mean for our sector?. Dr Marcus Roberts Director of Policy, DrugScope. For example. +. +. +. ‘Not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on’? State of the Sector 2013. Online survey plus interviews (other work)
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Setting the scene – What does localism mean for our sector? Dr Marcus Roberts Director of Policy, DrugScope
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‘Not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on’? State of the Sector 2013 • Online survey plus interviews (other work) • Participants ‘noticed and opted in’ (and motivated) • Overall, 163 services participated spread across the PHE regions • Adult treatment - community(70%), residential (17%)and both (13%) • VCSE (57%), NHS (26%), private sector (6%)
State of the Sector – interim report: Some key findings • 36% reported a decrease in funding in the past 12 months (including 10% who said they had lost services through re-commissioning) • 41% had been through a re-tendering, re-commissioning or contract negotiation process in the last 12 months and 64% expected to do so in the next 12 months • 44% reported a decrease in front line staff and 63% an increase in use of volunteers • 43% said they were not engaged with their HWB • 1 in 11 were formally engaged, 1 in 6 fed in via a JSNA consultation and 1 in 10 through Health Watch.
Some more key findings • Around 4 in 10 were involved with their PCC either directly or a past of broader VCSE – only 1 in 10 via Police and Crime Plan • 88% said changes to welfare benefits had a negative impact on their service users (42% a strongly negative impact) • Most respondents identified funding and re-commissioning at the number one challenge for their service • The most significant gaps in local provision identified were housing, partnership/support for complex needs and education, training and employment support.
Some concluding thoughts … • Stay vigilant – prima facie risk of disinvestment (positives: national commitment, diversification, capacity to work across public health) • Successful adaption might require further rethinking and reconfiguration of ‘the sector’ • Balancing diversification with securing lines, particularly support for the most marginalised • ‘Same time next week’ (or financial year) • What are realistic goals and expectations? • DrugScope’s commitment to support and inform
Contact Details E-mail: marcusr@drugscope.org.uk www.drugscope.org.uk