HTML Preview Office Company Letterhead page number 1.
NTA
Effective treatment. Changing lives
1
To:
Drug Partnership Chairs
Joint Commissioning Group Chairs
Joint Commissioning Managers
DAT Coordinators
11
th
February 2011
Dear Colleagues,
Gateway approval ref 15577
One Pot, one purpose – Recovery funding for 2011-12
2011-12 is a key year of transition for the delivery of drug treatment and interventions. The new Drug
Strategy sets out a radical step change in ambition for individuals and their recovery. The 2011-12
funding settlement and the business plan that will underpin it provides significant resource to deliver
on the Coalition Government’s priority for recovery. It will also help manage changes, include the shift
of drug resources to local government, the instigation of Public Health England and the introduction of
Police and Crime Commissioners.
The new Drug Strategy makes clear that from April 2011 the Department of Health’s (DH) focus will
be on promoting recovery and DH is responsible for funding all drug treatment in prison and the
community. In addition, DH will support the Home Office in jointly funding a continuing programme to
ensure drug-related offenders get access to treatment in order to continue to deliver reductions in
drug related offending.
This represents a welcome extension to the principle originally enshrined in the Pooled Treatment
Budget (PTB) and provides an opportunity to ensure that all individuals in treatment (including
offenders) benefit from co-ordinated support along the full course of their recovery journey. It is a
major step towards achieving “one pot for one purpose.”
As announced in December, the core of the package remains the Pooled Treatment Budget (PTB),
which will continue at £406.7m next year. This covers £381.3m for adult drug treatment and has now
remained broadly stable for several years, enabling commissioners to plan ahead and commission
recovery focussed systems with confidence.
NTA Head Office
6
TH
Floor
Skipton House
80 London Road
London SE1 6LH
Tel 020 7972 1900
www.nta.nhs.uk