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<p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local needs and commissioning drug
and alcohol prevention, treatment and harm reduction services to meet these needs.
Public Health England (PHE) supports local authorities in this work by providing data,
guidance and advice.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s Yorkshire and Humber Centre has a work programme
focused on addressing alcohol and drug-related harm in South Yorkshire. This programme
includes:</p><p> </p><p>- helping local areas, such as Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham,
plan and improve their local alcohol systems, services and interventions to reduce
alcohol harm using the CLeaR (Challenge services, Leadership, and Results) evidence-based
approach;</p><p>- supporting local areas to develop new specifications for their alcohol
and drug treatment systems by providing advice, guidance and evidence to ensure that
prevention, treatment and support is of consistent quality;</p><p>- supporting local
areas, such as Barnsley, to develop their drug-related deaths processes in line with
recent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommendations;</p><p>- convening
a homelessness and rough sleeping roundtable to bring partners together from across
the region to share best practice; and</p><p>- supporting the formation and ongoing
activities of Alcohol Alliances, which are local strategic partnership boards aimed
at tackling the burden of alcohol harms on individuals and communities in Doncaster,
Barnsley and Rotherham.</p>
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