Freedom of information response

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding the drug and alcohol services commissioned by the Council.

Please may you provide me with:

1. A comprehensive list of the organisations commissioned by the council to provide drug and alcohol services. Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) Adult. Change Grow Live - Children and Young People

2. For each organisation, from the service specification between the council and the provider, please provide the following:

a. Start and end dates of the contract.01/04/2017 – 01/04/2024 (Adult) 01/04/2019 – 01/04/2024 (CYP)

b. A comprehensive list of the services that each organisation is commissioned by the council to provide:

CGL - One-to-one support, Group work, Psychosocial Interventions, Training courses for professionals, CGL Family Hidden Harm worker, Case Management

MPFT - Specialist Prescribing Services, Blood Borne Virus Vaccination and Testing Services, General Client Health Care, Advice and Information, Outreach,

One-to-one with key worker, Bespoke group work for friends and family, Clinical Interventions (flexible recovery focused clinical interventions including prescribing interventions, community detoxifications and abstinence based recovery), Needle & Syringe Programme (NSP), Supervised Consumption,

Community Detoxification and Rehabilitation, Residential Detoxification and Rehabilitation, deliver the Service to criminal justice Clients on licence in the community,

3. For the listed services above, which of these has associated KPIs? If so, what are they?

CGL

• % Successful Completions (proportion successfully completing treatment as a percentage of all exiting structured treatment)
• Number of re-presentations in the month (for people who successfully completed within the last 6 months)
• % Intervention Started within 3 Weeks of Referral (proportion of clients starting an intervention within 3 weeks of referral to structured treatment as a percentage of all referrals to structured treatment)
• % Care/Recovery Plans in Place (proportion of clients who have a Care/Recovery Plan in place as a percentage of all clients in structured treatment)
• % Receiving 12 Week Care/Recovery Plan Review (proportion of clients receiving a 12 week care/recovery plan review as a percentage of all clients due a care/recovery plan review in structured treatment)
• % Smokers Referred to Smoking Cessation Service(proportion of new clients who are smokers referred to a smoking cessation service for quit support as a percentage of all new clients who are smokers)

MPFT

• Opiate & Crack (OCU) - Number of Successful Completions Per Month (Target represents a 5% reduction of the current OCU prevalence)
• Alcohol - Number of Successful Completions Per Month (Target represents a 5% reduction of the current Alcohol prevalence)
• Opiate - % Successful Completions (number of opiate clients completing treatment as a percentage of all opiate clients in treatment in rolling 12 months)
• Non-Opiate - % Successful Completions (number of non-opiate clients completing treatment as a percentage of all non-opiate clients in treatment in rolling 12 months)
• Alcohol - % Successful Completions (number of alcohol clients completing treatment as a percentage of all alcohol clients in treatment in rolling 12 months)
• Alcohol & Non-Opiate - % Successful Completions (number of alcohol & non-opiate clients completing treatment as a percentage of all alcohol & non-opiate clients in treatment in rolling 12 months)
• Opiate - Number of re-presentations (for people who successfully completed within the last 6 months)
• Non-Opiate - Number of re-presentations (for people who successfully completed within the last 6 months)
• Alcohol - Number of re-presentations (for people who successfully completed within the last 6 months)
• Alcohol & Non-Opiate - Number of re-presentations (for people who successfully completed within the last 6 months)
• Opiate - % Receiving Start of Intervention Services within 3 Weeks (number of opiate clients receiving the start of their intervention within 3 weeks as a percentage of all opiate clients starting their first intervention)
• Non-Opiate - % Receiving Start of Intervention Services within 3 Weeks (number of non-opiate clients receiving the start of their intervention within 3 weeks as a percentage of all non-opiate clients starting their first intervention)
• Alcohol - % Receiving Start of Intervention Services within 3 Weeks (number of alcohol clients receiving the start of their intervention within 3 weeks as a percentage of all alcohol clients starting their first intervention)
• Alcohol & Non-Opiate - % Receiving Start of Intervention Services within 3 Weeks (number of alcohol & non-opiate clients receiving the start of their intervention within 3 weeks as a percentage of all alcohol & non-opiate clients starting their first intervention)
• All Clients - % Receiving Start of Intervention Services within 3 Weeks (proportion of all clients receiving the start of their intervention within 3 weeks as a percentage of all clients starting their first intervention)
• Opiate - % Timely Healthcare Assessments (number of opiate clients receiving a healthcare assessment completed within 2 weeks of structured treatment start - as a percentage of all opiate clients who have received a healthcare assessment)
• Non-Opiate - % Timely Healthcare Assessments (number of non-opiate clients receiving a healthcare assessment completed within 2 weeks of structured treatment start - as a percentage of all non-opiate clients who have received a healthcare assessment)
• Alcohol - % Timely Healthcare Assessments (number of alcohol clients receiving a healthcare assessment completed within 2 weeks of structured treatment start - as a percentage of all alcohol clients receiving a healthcare assessment)
• Alcohol & Non-Opiate - % Timely Healthcare Assessments (number of alcohol & non-opiate clients receiving a healthcare assessment completed within 2 weeks of structured treatment start - as a percentage of all alcohol & non-opiate clients who have received a healthcare assessment)
• % of BBV Interventions Offered and Accepted (number of clients who were offered and accepted a BBV intervention as a percentage of eligible new presentations)
• % of new clients with child care responsibility assessed for safe storage and prescribed treatment within 3 weeks (number of new clients with child care responsibility who have received their home visit with safe storage assessment and subsequent prescription within 3 weeks of referrals - as a percentage of the total number of new clients with child care responsibility)
• Number of new criminal justice presentations to service
• Number of criminal justice group sessions
• % Supported into Employment/Volunteering (number of clients eligible for employment/volunteering supported into employment/volunteering as a percentage of the total number of client eligible for employment/volunteering)
• % Smokers Referred to Smoking Cessation Service (proportion of new clients who are smokers referred to s smoking cessation service for quit support as a percentage of all new clients who are smokers)

4. For the listed services above, are there payment by results outcomes for any of them? If so, what are they? There is no PBR in these contracts, but should the providers fail to deliver the required service we are at liberty within the contract to withhold or reduce payments, or terminate the contract.

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