Decision details
Drug And Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG) and Wirral Drugs Strategy (2023-2027) Update
Decision Maker: Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
• This report is a key decision because
it affects all wards and relates to financial decisions in excess
of £500,000.
• As part of the government’s national drugs strategy
(2021), Wirral Council has received grant funding from central
government to tackle drug-related harms each year. This report
updates the Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee on the
progress made in the delivery of these grant allocations. It also
sets out the continued funding due to be received in 2025/26. This
includes:
- Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery (SSMTR)
grant
- Inpatient Detoxification grant
- Individual Placement Support grant
Decision:
Resolved – That
1. The provision Delivery Plan outlined at appendix 1 of the report for the £4,376,408 Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery grant be approved.
2. The provisional utilisation of the 2025/26 Inpatient Detoxification grant of £111,364 (indicative) be approved.
3. The provisional utilisation of the 2025/26 grant funding for Individual Placement Support of £159,614 (indicative) be approved.
4. The progress made to date in delivering the SSMTR, Inpatient Detoxification) and the Individual Placement Support programmes be noted.
5. Delivery progress of the Wirral Drugs Strategy 2023/2027 be noted.
Report author: Hayley Clifton
Publication date: 05/03/2025
Date of decision: 04/03/2025
Decided at meeting: 04/03/2025 - Adult Social Care and Public Health Committee
Effective from: 11/03/2025
Accompanying Documents:
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