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Jill Downey, Strategic Commissioner - Drugs and Alcohol Ali Saka, Chief Executive of HAGAM. HILLINGDON CONTEXT. One of the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions in London Treatment funding has been focused largely on Class A drugs
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Jill Downey, Strategic Commissioner - Drugs and Alcohol Ali Saka, Chief Executive of HAGAM
HILLINGDON CONTEXT • One of the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions in London • Treatment funding has been focused largely on Class A drugs • Stimulant, alcohol, cannabis and polydrug users under-represented in treatment • Deprived wards in the south of the borough
COMMISSIONING PERSPECTIVE • Adds value to existing services • Preventative benefits – enables access to universal services • Reaches deprived parts of the borough • Targets cohorts who are under-represented in treatment • Attracts external funding
ALCOHOL ENGAGEMENT PILOT • Perception and approaches • Project aims • Delivery • Outcomes and outputs
THANK YOU Jill Downey Jill.Downey@hillingdon.nhs.uk 01895 556997 Ali Saka a.saka@hagam.org.uk 01895 20 7788 www.hagam.com