Reports and Research

Implementation of the National Drugs Strategy is based on sound research, both local and national. Over a number of years, Norfolk DAAT has been responsible for commissioning research to establish local service needs. On this page, you can download these research documents and find links to information about national guidance for drugs and alcohol.

Local Research

Adult Substance Misuse Needs Assessment 2012 by James Fullam and Claire Gummerson of Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team on behalf of N-DAP, (Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team, 2012)

Links to the Norfolk District Adult Substance Misuse Needs Assessment are set out below:-

Breckland
Broadland
Great Yarmouth
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk
North Norfolk
Norwich
South Norfolk

Young Person’s Substance Misuse Related Needs Assessment 2012 by Claire Gummerson of Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team on behalf of N-DAP, (Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team, 2012)

Parental Substance Misuse - How effectively has NSCB Safeguarding Protocol 10 been implemented? by Claire Gummerson of Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team on behalf of N-DAP, (Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team, 2011)

An Analysis of the Provision of Services for Adult Female Offenders with Substance Misuse Problems, by Stephen Moore and Alex Collis, (Faculty of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, 2009)

This research was funded by the County Strategic Group for Crime Reduction and commissioned by the Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Partnership. It was completed by a research team from Anglia Ruskin University.

The research was commissioned to gain a better understanding of the services that are made available to female offenders in Norfolk who are engaged in the Criminal Justice System. The Corston Report (2007) raised a number of concerns about how the complex needs of female offenders were not being met. The research commissioned by N-DAP was an attempt to gain a better understanding of the scale and extent of the issue in Norfolk.

A copy of a related presentation is available here.

Needs Assessment of Norfolk Drug Misusers Not in Treatment: Final Report by Dr Richard Holland, Ms Vivienne Maskrey, Dr Joanne Broadbent, Dr Caitlin Notley, Irene Cameron, Dr Julian Flowers, Prof. Ian Harvey.

(School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia in collaboration with Eastern Region Public Health Observatory, 2007)

Norfolk Young People's Needs Assessment 2007 by Victoria Scaife & Margaret O'Brien, (School of Psychosocial Studies, University of East Anglia, 2007)

The Harm Done By Alcohol in Norfolk: Research into Alcohol Related Harms in Norfolk by Julian Flowers, Philip Mills and Irene Cameron, (Eastern Region Public Health Observatory, 2007)

Children of Parental Substance Misusers and Substance Misusers who are Parents: Study of Need and Response for Norfolk by Sarah Boon and Lorna Templeton, (University of Bath, 2007)

A Crack-Cocaine Needs Assessment for Norfolk by Richard Holland, Vivienne Maskrey, Julie Sadler, Roberto Vivancos and Ian Harvey, (School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, 2003)

For more information about this locally commissioned research, contact Veronica Nelhams at veronica.nelhams@norfolk.gov.uk

National Guidance

The 2010 Home Office Drugs Strategy is available to download from the Home Office website, www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs. This page also provides information about alcohol, drugs, licensing and the law, as well as providing links to external and archived sites.

The Alcohol Concern website provides a selection of briefings, factsheets, policy reports and other publications, available to order or download for free.