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Review of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services Sector

Following the finalisation of the Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund (SMSDGF) and Non-Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program (NGOTGP) funding rounds in early 2012, the former Minister for Mental Health, the Hon Mark Butler MP, requested that the Department of Health undertake a review of the drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services sector.

This project will clarify Australian drug and alcohol treatment and prevention funding; current and future service needs; the gap between met and unmet demand; and planning and funding processes for the future.

This project will deliver:

  1. A shared understanding of current drug and alcohol treatment funding;
  2. A set of planned and coordinated funding processes for future Commonwealth AOD funding rounds; and
  3. Documentation to inform future Commonwealth funding processes which articulate with state/territory approaches and respond to the needs of individuals, families and their communities.

Project leaders: Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW

Funder: Australian Government Department of Health

Project duration: July 2013 – June 2014

Further Details

The Review aims to achieve:

  • Clarity as to the range of services currently funded by governments, their distribution and the demographic groups targeted by these services;
  • A common understanding amongst governments and the sector of current and future service needs and where there may be service gaps, either in relation to service type, geographic area and/or demographic groups;
  • Clarity as to the type and timing of drug and alcohol funding activities undertaken by governments; and
  • The development of a resource/tools to help focus future government funding activities to ensure existing levels of resources (and any growth funding) are used as efficiently and effectively as possible to deliver quality, sustainable drug and alcohol services that respond to the needs of individuals, families and communities.

The review will have six components:

Component Areas to be covered
1. Service funding review
  • What types of agencies and treatment services are currently funded?
  • Which level/s of government (Commonwealth, State/Territory) provide funding for the services?
  • In what settings are services provided?
  • In what quantity are services provided? (amount of services: number of beds/number of episodes/number of outpatient “spots”)
  • Who is targeted by the services? (adult, youth, Indigenous, women, homeless)
  • What is the extent of met demand?
  • In which local regions (Local Hospital Networks and Medicare Locals) are the services located?
2. Service planning analysis
  • What are the current jurisdictional planning processes, contractual arrangements, and tendering timelines?
  • Who are the current priority groups? How are they identified? How are they translated into funding decisions?
  • What are the state/territory reform plans?
3. Gap analysis
  • What is the gap between met and unmet demand?
4. Funding models review
  • What are the possible models for funding (e.g. tendering, unit costs, block grants), drawing on international literature and Australian models?
  • What are the potential varieties of procurement arrangements, including funding accountability (reporting requirements, payment by results)?
5. Innovation identification
  • How can innovation and diversity be maintained?
6. Analysis, interpretation and consideration
  • How should Commonwealth funds be best used (e.g. targeted to gaps, for special initiatives, adding intervention capacity to existing systems, general)?
  • Is there duplication of funding across different levels of government?
  • What process of planning and contracting services would best meet needs, in terms of efficiency, simplicity and the ability to fill gaps?

Each component will involve primary data collection, using the rapid assessment methodology and secondary analysis of a variety of datasets.

Project contact:
Professor Alison Ritter
Phone: (02) 9385 0186
Website: http://dpmp.cms05.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/review

Advisory Committee

An Advisory Committee has been established to provide expert advice to the Australian Government regarding, and for the duration of, the review. Its role is to:

  • Contribute expert knowledge and advice to the review;
  • Provide advice on existing and emerging issues in relation to the alcohol and other drug treatment sector; and
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement and partnerships within the alcohol and other drug sector.


Membership

Membership Representative
Chair
First Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Sue Campion
MHDAPC representation
Western Australia Neil Guard
New South Wales David McGrath
Sector representation
Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association A/Professor Lynne Magor-Blatch
National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee Scott Wilson
Australian National Council on Drugs Gino Vumbaca
Alcohol and other Drug Council of Australia David Templeman
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Professor Mike Farrell
Australian Medicare Local Alliance Renee Williams
State and territory peak body representation
Queensland Rebecca MacBean
Tasmania Jann Smith
Consumer representation
Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) Annie Madden
Consumer Health Forum of Australia Jeff Gavin
Homelessness representative nominated by the Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness Ian Carter
Clinical representation
Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine A/ Professor Nick Lintzeris
Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia Jennifer Harland

Enquiries
Any enquiries may be directed to the AOD Review Advisory Committee secretariat at: SMTP@health.gov.au.

Communiqués

Review of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services Sector Communiqué No. 1 – 29 July 2013

Review of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services Sector Update No.1 – September 2013

Review of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services Sector Communiqué No. 2 – 14 October 2013

Review of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Services Sector Communiqué No. 3 – 8 March 2014. Hyperlink to

ACT Completed Activities

  • ATODA received a briefing from the Department of Health on the Project on Friday 19 July as part of the annual face-to-face meeting of the Peaks Capacity Building Network in Brisbane.
  • ATODA received a briefing from the Department of Health and the DPMP on the Project on Friday 26 July as part of the Alcohol and other Drug Council of Australia’s National Policy Forum at Parliament House in Canberra.
  • ATODA is engaged with DPMP regarding the project plan, including ACT specific activities.
  • ATODA, ACT Health and DPMP met in mid-September to discuss the Review.

  • The Review Team also met with the ATODA Board during the week of 23 September 2013.
  • ATODA and the other State and Territory AOD peak bodies met face to face with the Review Team on 7 March 2014 to further contribute to the Review.

[note]ACT Status and Action

  • ATODA continues to liaise with DPMP regarding next steps and disseminating working papers and status updates to ACT stakeholders.

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Last updated 5 August 2014

 

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Acknowledgement


ATODA acknowledges and celebrates the Ngunnawal people as the traditional custodians of the land of the ACT. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. ATODA recognises and continues to learn from the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the alcohol, tobacco and other drug sector.

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