This page is split into two sections: DAAT Targets and DIP Targets
1 - DAAT Targets
The Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Action Team is accountable to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA), a specialist health authority set up by the Government in 2001 to oversee the implementation of the Governments ten-year Drug Strategy.
Every year, Sheffield DAAT sets its own targets, which we send to the NTA within our annual Treatment Plan (which are available on this website once the NTA have also published it on their own website). How we perform against these targets is a big influencer in how much budget we are allocated for the following year.
From April 2008 onwards, our main targets have slightly changed. From now on, the targets are based on the activity of two different groups of drug users:
- ALL drug users over the age of 18 with ANY substance reported as their main problem substance
- ALL drug users over the age of 18 with any opiate (heroin, opium etc) or crack/cocaine reported as their main problem substance. This group of people are know as Problematic Drug Users (or the PDU for short)
Another change is that the emphasis is now on effective treatment. Previously, the count of numbers in treatment included those discharged under 12 weeks in an unplanned way. The new figure strips out these people, only looking at those who have spent longer than 12 weeks in treatment, or were discharged under 12 in a planned way
Our main targets therefore are found below. Be aware all figures are based on a rolling 12-month period which is backdated 3 months.
The figures cover the period 1st March 2009 to 28th February 2010
|
Target 1 - Numbers in Effective Treatment (opiates/crack cocaine) |
2,691 |
2,493 |
-198 |
|
Target 2 - Numbers in Effective Treatment (all over 18's) |
2,898 |
2,721 |
-177 |
Sheffield DAAT also has other targets. Find below the current progress against these other targets, to show Quarter 1 (April-June), Quarter 2 (July-September), Quarter 3 (October-December) and Quarter 4 (January-March) from the last financial year (2009/10)
|
Number of discharges from treatment that are care planned YTD |
52% |
26.5% |
32% |
35% |
33.3% |
|
Clients to wait less than 3 weeks for start of treatment |
85% |
97% |
98% |
96% |
93% |
|
Number of clients with a care plan recorded |
90% |
96%
|
94% |
96% |
97% |
2 - DIP Targets
Sheffield DIP have four main targets, which are measured monthly.
Find below details of these targets, what the target is, and perforrmance against these targets for 2009/10.
| TARGET |
95% |
95% |
85% |
95% |
|
April 2009 |
99% |
97% |
100% |
100% |
|
May 2009 |
98% |
95% |
100% |
100% |
|
June 2009 |
100% |
98% |
100% |
100% |
|
July 2009 |
99% |
95% |
100% |
100% |
|
August 2009 |
98% |
96% |
100% |
100% |
|
September 2009 |
99% |
96% |
100% |
100% |
|
October 2009 |
98% |
96% |
100% |
100% |
|
November 2009 |
100% |
94% |
100% |
100% |
|
December 2009 |
100% |
94% |
100% |
99% |
|
January 2010 |
100% |
94% |
100% |
100% |
|
February 2010 |
98% |
96% |
100% |
100% |
|
March 2010 |
97% |
93% |
100% |
100% |
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Last updated 13th July 2010 at 1200 BST