Third State of the Sector report - Adfam and the Recovery Partnership

By Recovery Partnership and Adfam

In late 2013 DrugScope, on behalf of the Recovery Partnership, conducted the first State of the Sector survey, the findings of which were reported in January 2014. Consultation for the second report followed a year later, being published in early 20151 .

This, the third State of the Sector report, has been produced by Adfam on behalf of the Recovery Partnership and draws on an online survey and series of telephone interviews conducted between September and December 2015. It uses the findings from a substantial online survey and a series of interviews with senior figures in the sector to evaluate the experiences of community drug and alcohol treatment services in England.

1. Key points

The 2015 State of the Sector survey for adult community and residential services includes responses from 176 services from across England. A survey of prison drug and alcohol services has also been conducted as part of the project. This will be published at a later date as an annexe to this report.

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