BCP Council will receive £4,892,000, and Dorset Council will receive £2,611,000 to combat drug and alcohol misuse over the next two years. This funding will boost services for people addicted to drugs and alcohol, helping cut crime and building on the Government's ambitions in the 10-year drug strategy to deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system, and reduce drug use to a 30-year low.
The extra funding means that total local authority funding for treatment will have increased 40% between 2020/21 and 2024/25. It will enable the creation of over 50,000 high-quality places in drug and alcohol treatment.
The funding will enable local authorities to recruit more staff to work with people with drug and alcohol problems, support more prison leavers into treatment and recovery services, and invest in enhancing the quality of treatment they provide. More people will benefit from residential rehabilitation or inpatient detoxification, while improvements to the recovery services will sustain them outside of treatment – helping to reduce relapse rates.
£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
