Guidance

Service user involvement in alcohol and drug misuse treatment

Guidance about the benefits of involving service users in planning and improving substance misuse treatment.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 September 2015

Documents

Service user involvement: A guide for drug and alcohol commissioners, providers and service users

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Details

Commissioners, service providers and service users can use this guidance to understand the:

• evidence of good practice in service user involvement
• different levels of user involvement
• impact of involvement on service users and treatment effectiveness

The types of service user involvement described are:

• involvement in their own care or treatment plan
• involvement in strategic development and commissioning
• developing peer mentoring and support
• developing user-led and recovery-focused services

The guidance includes good examples of service user involvement from across the country.

Published 1 September 2015