bSAFE Blackpool - Blackpool Community Safety & Drugs Partnership

Developing Drug Treatment

In 2001-2002 Blackpool had just 863 people in drug treatment and a wait of over a year to get into prescribed treatment. We also offer a minimal range of treatment services.

By 2005-2006 we had 1582 people in treatment, and an average wait for prescribed treatment of 3 weeks. We also now have a much wider range of services appropriate to the different needs of our service users.

The treatment element of the National Drug Strategy focuses on improving the impact of treatment in Blackpool, alongside the consolidation of improvements in access and inpatient detoxification, residential rehabilitation and abstinence service capacity. In all these areas we have made significant progress often exceeding the targets set for us nationally.

Find out more about the development of our drug treatment system:

The Adult Treatment Plan

is developed and implemented annually.
It outlines where we’re at, what we still want to do and how we’re performing against national targets.

The treatment plan comes in three parts:

Adult Treatment Plan Part 1
(PDF Format)

Adult Treatment Plan Part 2
(PDF Format)

Adult Treatment Plan Part 3
(PDF Format)

How we perform against our national and local targets

Client Focus

This partnership has evaluated the service user treatment journey and has agreed to prioritise the retention in treatment for long enough to impact on the behaviour. Service does focus on the specific of individual treatment journeys to deliver where appropriate drug free clients. All providers ensure that clients have an agreed care plan, which identifies their needs; and a programme of action to deliver the treatment goals, and promote progression through the system for all individuals, including support for positive lifestyles such as access to stable accommodation, education, training and employment.

Models of Care

In Blackpool this client focus has shaped the development of Models of Care, which aims to ensure proper care co-ordination among our treatment agencies. All paperwork is streamlined and assessments and care plans are updated as the client moves through the treatment system, rather than the client having to go through the whole process time and time again. Our care pathways have been developed to ensure clarity for service users and workers alike to make sure the clients journey through the treatment is as smooth as possible.

Blackpool Models of Care:

Models of Care