Drug misuse and dependency

Guidance and services

• Substance misuse treatment
• Drug and alcohol helpline
• Employment support if you have mental ill-health, alcohol or drug problems (Out of Work Service)
• Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: summary guidance
• Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: resources for retailers
• Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: detailed guidance
• UK Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines
• New guidelines on drinking alcohol (WHC/2016/001)
• Integrated care for young people who misuse substances: guidance
• Inpatient detoxification and residential rehabilitation centres in Wales: guidance
• Substance misuse: revised guidance for area planning boards 2017
• Drug poisoning reviews
• Commissioning substance misuse services: revised guidance
• Core standards for substance misuse services
• National enhanced service: drug misuse
• National enhanced service: alcohol misusers
• Substance misuse: prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support for alcohol-related brain damage
• Out of work service (OoWS) referral form
• Out of work service privacy notice

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Substance misuse delivery plan: 2019 to 2022
  Policy and strategy
• Substance misuse annual reports
  Collection
• Minimum unit pricing for alcohol
  Policy and strategy
• Substance misuse delivery plan 2019 to 2022: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Substance misuse delivery plan 2019 to 2022: Welsh language impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Substance misuse in Wales 2018 to 2019: treatment data
  Policy and strategy
• Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018: impact assessments
  Collection
• Study of fatal and non-fatal overdoses among opiate users
  Report
• Substance misuse: sex work, drug and alcohol use
  Report
• Misuse of medication among drug users
  Report
• National Prison Health and Social Oversight Group: 2 November 2022
  Meeting
  Prison Health and Social Care National Oversight Group
• Substance use service provision for children and young people
  Policy and strategy
• Substance misuse treatment framework for children and young people: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Substance use treatment framework: young people’s summary
  Policy and strategy