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Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting including psychosocial treatment as a core part

Document type:

Guidance
Author:

Department of Health; National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse; Royal College of General Practitioners; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Published date:

4 December 2006
Primary audience:

Health and social care professionals, Chief executives
Product number:

277393
Gateway reference:

6779
Pages:

64
Copyright holder:

Crown

This document describes how clinical substance misuse management in prison may be developed to accord with current DH (1999) and NHS (NTA 2003) guidance. The clinical development it describes is funded by Department of Health. The guidance is accompanied by a letter of announcement and an implementation project plan.

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