Using NATMS to support effective commissioning Helen Willey Alcohol Information Analyst National Treatment Agency

Introduction  Short presentation on NATMS and current reporting outputs (5/10 mins)  Structured question and discussion session (in small groups), followed by brief feedback from each group (20/25 mins).  Presentation on the new needs assessment data (5 mins).  General Q&A/discussion session

What is NATMS?  The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)  April 2001  Tier 3 and 4 (structured) treatment  The National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NATMS)  April 2008  Subset of NDTMS  28 data items – reports on primary alcohol clients  DH commissioned  NTA managed  Enables national, regional and local level reporting on alcohol treatment

Accessing the data  NDTMS.net publicly available data  NDTMS.net restricted statistics – Quarterly Reporting  NATMS Annual Statistical Reports (08/09 available, 09/10 to be released)  Needs Assessment Data (09/10 to be released)

Publicly Available Data

Quarterly (Purple) Reports  NDTMS.net - login to access restricted statistics. Also posted onto DAMS.  3 reports:  Alcohol PCT  Alcohol Agency (all activity)  Alcohol Agency (PCT of residence)  Alcohol treatment information: In treatment YTD, new presentations, non primary alcohol clients receiving alcohol interventions, exits, waiting times, exit status, referral source, recorded alcohol type.  Alcohol user profile: gender, age group, ethnicity, presenting substances (second and third drugs)  Guidance documents also on NDTMS.net

Restricted Data: Quarterly Reports

Questions  Knowledge/understanding of the reports and access  Current use of the reports  Suitability of the associated guidance  Improvements to the current reports

Alcohol Needs Assessment 2009/10  Currently under development – November release  First year of implementation – will be updated annually  Reports on 2009/10 ‘frozen’ data  Distributed through DAMS and via Regional Alcohol Managers  Provides the number and case mix of clients at each stage of the treatment journey (Entry, In Treatment, and Exit).  Reports on one full years worth of data and provides more detail than the quarterly performance reports  Intended to inform the JSNA process

Alcohol Needs Assessment 2009/10  2 components  Treatment Map Summary  Detailed Client/Agency Profiles  Key differences from drug treatment data:  Select client type (Primary alcohol, or adjunctive alcohol)  Reports on Tier 2 activity (separate data item)

Alcohol Needs Assessment 2009/10 - Format

Future Steps  Release of the needs assessment data (Nov)  The production of an outcomes measure for alcohol treatment  Filling data ‘black-holes’:  Tier 2 Brief Interventions – now reported on in NA  ‘Other structured treatment’ – why so many falling into this category?  The production of a summary sheet for purple reports (if this is felt to be of use)

Summary  Currently 3 quarterly reports produced  New comprehensive needs assessment data to be released soon  09/10 annual statistical report to updated soon  Looking to improve current purple reports  Any further questions?

Contact Details Helen Willey Information Analyst - Alcohol and Needle Exchange National Treatment Agency 6th Floor, Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH Kevin Shelton Treatment Information Manager National Treatment Agency 6th Floor, Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH