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Addiction Health Integration Team

ADDHIT – a Health Integration Team to reduce drug and alcohol related harm

Barbara Coleman, 2nd June 2014

ADDHIT: a partnership between

“people who want to reduce drug and alcohol related harm and improve services”

Both Universities in Bristol Bristol City Council Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group UHB, NBT & AWP NHS Trusts PHE NHSE LAT Providers Service Users

ADDHIT: Progress and Key Achievements to date

• Getting accepted as a formal HIT!
• Inaugural meeting has taken place and

priorities for action agreed

• Engagement and enthusiasm from all key

stakeholders engaged in the wider team

• Continued interest and ideas from

additional stakeholders

ADDHIT: Future Plans

• Submit applications for CLAHRC to support

research / evaluation around alcohol detoxification models

• New emerging areas e.g. looking at the effect of

glass shape on alcohol intake

• Linking in with other studies e.g. work to reduce

drug use with Street Sex Workers

• Build on existing networks and research being

undertaken in the field

ADDHIT: Current Studies

• NIHR HS&DR: “Evaluating the impact of opiate

substitution treatment on drug related deaths in the population”

• NIHR: “How to improve HCV case finding in primary

care and specialist drug clinics”

• NIHR PH: “Investigate the cost-effectiveness of

interventions in needle exchange”

• NIHR School of Public Health Research: “Trial of

alcohol screening and brief intervention in custody suites”

• NIHR SPHR: “Scope Health Impact Assessment of

Licensing Policy”

HIT Challenges

• Too many priorities and areas we wish to explore –

what not to do!

• Engaging services users in the most appropriate

way

• New kids on the block – other HITs have already

been established for a year or more

• How best to engage with other HITs to ensure

common themes are explored and best practice shared