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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Accessing the data  NDTMS.net publicly available data http://www.ndtms.net/ http://www.ndtms.net/  NDTMS.net restricted statistics – Quarterly Reporting  NATMS Annual Statistical Reports (08/09 available, 09/10 to be released) http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/natms_annual_statistics_report_2008_2009.pdf http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/natms_annual_statistics_report_2008_2009.pdf  Needs Assessment Data (09/10 to be released)

5. Publicly Available Data http://www.ndtms.net/ http://www.ndtms.net/

6. Quarterly (Purple) Reports  NDTMS.net - http://www.ndtms.net/ login to access restricted statistics. Also posted onto DAMS.http://www.ndtms.net/  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

7. Restricted Data: Quarterly Reports

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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. Alcohol Needs Assessment 2009/10 - Format

15. 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)

16. 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?

17. Contact Details Helen Willey Information Analyst - Alcohol and Needle Exchange National Treatment Agency 6th Floor, Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH helen.willey@nta-nhs.org.uk 020 7972 1943 Kevin Shelton Treatment Information Manager National Treatment Agency 6th Floor, Skipton House 80 London Road London SE1 6LH kevin.shelton@nta-nhs.org.uk 020 7972 1953