Formerly commissioner of services to support people with issues with alcohol & other drugs & academic researcher. Personal views, RTs not endorsements etc.
Jun 11, 2021 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
There's so much in this article to disagree with or be confused by it's hard to know where to start, but here's a few thoughts. 🧵 To start, this isn't about LAs cutting budgets; the public health grant is set by central government & has fallen by c20% 1/? theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
But why then does the article suggest spend on detox has gone up by 27.5%. Does that sound credible? And how can this be described as a 'race to the bottom', if there's more funding per client in detox? 2/
