Issue - meetings

The Board received a report that detailed performance from April to September 2009 against Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets within the Board’s responsibility.

It was noted that there was a lag of four months with respect to information with relating to NI 40 (numbers of people entering effective drug treatment). Analysis of current data showed that more people were entering treatment and this was partly due to an increased focus on publicising treatment, including a articles in the local press to increase awareness of services.

The Board was reminded there was reward funding attached to meeting Stretch Targets relating to drug and alcohol treatment. As reductions to the Pooled Treatment budget came into effect obtaining reward funding would be become increasingly important.

New work was being carried out with Accident and Emergency Teams to identify ways that staff could help address issues with a number of hard core drinkers in the Borough.

In response to a query the Board was advised that the Youth Offending Service (YOS) had extensive monitoring arrangements in place to measure the impact that interventions had upon the rate of re-offending. The YOS had a triage system whereby fifty-seven young people, who were classed as being at a high risk of re-offending, were worked with closely and to date only three of this group had re-offended.

Partners expressed thanks to Enid Ledgister with respect to the work that she had carried out ??

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.