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Substance Misuse Treatment Framework

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Wales Integrated In-depth Substance Misuse Assessment Tool (WIISMAT) and Guidance for Use

Wales Integrated In-depth Substance Misuse Assessment Tool (WIISMAT) and Guidance for Use
WIISMAT is consistent with the Unified and Fair Assessment Process and therefore is the first stage in the specialists’ systematic approach towards providing care.

Framework Guidance for Community Safety Partnerships to Commission Substance Misuse Services

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A guide to help Community Safety Partnerships plan how to commission services that effectively address substance misuse problems.

A Service Framework to Meet the Needs of People with a Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problem

A Service Framework to Meet the Needs of People with a Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problem
The delivery of appropriate treatment to persons who have mental health and substance misuse disorders is of increasing concern to the public, clinicians and policy makers.

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The Framework provides guidance on delivering high quality needs-based services for substance misusers. It is directed at responsible authorities and their partners in Community Safety Partnerships.

The guidance is based on professional consensus of what works best for substance misusers. Its development was managed by a project board consisting of Welsh Assembly Government officials, members of the Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse and a representative of the National Public Health Service for Wales Vulnerable Adults Team.

The individual components of the Framework are being developed by specialist sub-groups whose membership is drawn from across Wales and reflects the diverse professions and organisations of the substance misuse treatment community.

For further information relating to the Substance Misuse Treatment Framework, or to receive electronic copies of the previously published consultation documents, please contact substance.misuse@wales.gsi.gov.uk.

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