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Peer Peak Body Scoping Project Video

QNADA collaborated with QuIVAA and QAIHC/QISMC to undertake consultation with people who use drugs in Queensland. Watch the Project Video.

Peer Peak Body Scoping Project Report Infographics

QNADA collaborated with QuIVAA and QAIHC/QISMC to undertake consultation with people who use drugs in Queensland. These infographics summarise the main findings of the consultation. The purpose of this consultation was to understand the experiences of people who use drugs in Queensland, the issues that are important to them and how their voices could be amplified to influence the policies, systems and services that are relevant to them.

Peer Peak Body Scoping Project Report Summary

QNADA collaborated with QuIVAA and QAIHC/QISMC to undertake consultation with people who use drugs in Queensland. The purpose of this consultation was to understand the experiences of people who use drugs in Queensland, the issues that are important to them and how their voices could be amplified to influence the policies, systems and services that are relevant to them.

Peer Peak Scoping Project Final Report

QNADA collaborated with QuIVAA and QAIHC/QISMC to undertake consultation with people who use drugs in Queensland. The purpose of this consultation was to understand the experiences of people who use drugs in Queensland, the issues that are important to them and how their voices could be amplified to influence the policies, systems and services that are relevant to them.

Engaging general practice and General Practitioners in alcohol and other drug treatment

This report identifies practical recommendations and initiatives that Primary Health Networks (PHNs) could undertake in order to improve General Practitioners (GPs) engagement with people around alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems.

Report on the Queensland AOD Sector Convention 2018

The Queensland AOD Sector Convention was held in Brisbane on 22 June 2018 at Brisbane City Hall and brought together 110 service managers, policy makers and sector leaders from across the government and non-government alcohol and drugs sector in Queensland.

The Queensland AOD Sector Network is pleased to release a copy of the Convention Report and announce that the draft Queensland AOD Treatment and Harm Reduction Outcomes Framework (THROF) was overwhelmingly endorsed at the event. The THROF will be officially released by the end of the year following amendments suggested at the Convention and further consultation with the Community Controlled Sector.

The full list of Queensland AOD Sector Resolutions for 2018 can be found on page 7 of the report.

Dual diagnosis

QNADA supports the use of tools such as the Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) by AOD services to guide a planning process to develop and improve their capacity to respond to clients with a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder.

QNADA – Consultation Summary Report: Consultations with Service Providers and Clients, Family and Friends on the Development of an AOD Action Plan

The Queensland Mental Health Commission (QMHC) is developing an Action Plan that will outline actions to be taken by government agencies, non-government organisations and other partners to prevent and reduce the adverse impact of alcohol and drugs on the health and wellbeing of Queenslanders. This work sits under Shared Commitment to Action 3 (priority area actions) of the Queensland Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Strategic Plan 2014-20191.