The Director of Adult Social Care and Health Services submitted a report providing the Committee with an update on the Reading Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Strategy and Action Plan for Young People and Adults from 2018 to 2022.  A copy of the Reading Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Strategy for Young People and Adults 2018-2022 was attached to the report at Appendix 1 and a copy of the Reading Drug and Alcohol Strategy Action Plan 2018-2022 was attached to the report at Appendix 2.

The report explained that the Strategy had been written in line with the Government Drug Strategy 2017, the Governments’ Alcohol Strategy 2012 and Reading Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2017-2020.  The Public Health Team had carried out a procurement exercise from October 2018 to March 2019 to re-procure a new drug and alcohol treatment service and the new Drug and Alcohol Behaviour Change, Treatment Recovery System contract had been awarded to Change, Grow, Live (CGL), and had commenced on 1 October 2019.

The Action Plan had three priority areas, of prevention, treatment, and Enforcement and Regulation.  It was being used as a ‘live’ document and would be used in an ongoing way.

Resolved –

(1)     That the drug and alcohol action plan 2018-2022 for each of the strategy’s three priorities be approved;

(2)     That the presentation of the Action Plan to the Health and Wellbeing Board in January 2020 and then as requested in accordance with the development of the wider Joint Berkshire Health & Wellbeing Strategy be noted.