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<p>As part of the Government’s 10-year drug strategy, local authorities are receiving
£532 million of additional investment through to 2024/25 to improve drug and alcohol
treatment and recovery services. This funding is in addition to the Public Health
Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is actively supporting local authorities to develop
and implement their local plans for drug and alcohol treatment and are monitoring
outcomes through the national outcomes framework. This support includes the Commissioning
Quality Standard, published in August 2022, which provides guidance for commissioning
effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services. The Department also published
guidance on Recovery support services and lived experience initiatives to support
regions to develop and improve recovery-orientated systems of care, to help people
to achieve and sustain recovery. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recovery-support-services-and-lived-experience-initiatives"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recovery-support-services-and-lived-experience-initiatives</a></p>
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