NTA

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ACPO Conference Reducing Crime, Improving Health
Britannia Hotel, London 22 November 2005
Paul Hayes NTA Chief Executive
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• Drug Strategy
• Three for the price of one
• More Treatment
• Quicker Treatment
• Fairer Treatment
• Better Treatment
• Summary
• Question

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Drug Strategy

• Crime driven
• Treatment led

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Three for the priceof one

• Individual health gain
• Public health gain
• Crime reduction

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More Treatment
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Quicker Treatment
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Fairer Treatment

• Younger drug users
• Stimulant users
• BME groups

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Better Treatment

• Improving Audit Commission
• Service Users
• Retention

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Better Treatment

• Challenge Retention
• Commissioning
• Dose
• Abstinence
• Harm Reduction
• Throughput
• Community Integration

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Summary

• Crime pays for treatment
• Effective treatment REDUCES crime
• Effective treatment also improves individual and
  public health
• More effective treatment reduces crime more

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Question

• A job, a home and a stake in society
  consolidates change and makes us all safer for
  longer.
• Should enabling this be as integral to your job
  as reducing crime is to mine?