Alcohol and Drug Partnership Strategic Group

Minutes of meeting
Thursday 21st March 2019
Board Room
Commonwealth House

Present:	Susanne Millar	Chief Officer Strategy and Operations – Chair
		Thomas Cunningham	South Volunteer
		Angela Dowdalls	HSCP (for Pat Coltart)
		Ann Fehilly		GCC Neighbourhood and Sustainability
		Kelda Gaffney		Service Manager NE HSCP
		Janice Gough		NW HSCP
		Stevie Hazlett		Police Scotland Partnerships
		Carole Hunter		Lead Pharmacist ADRS
		Jackie Kerr		ACCO Adult Services – HSCP
		Stevie Lydon 		Strategy Co-ordinator, ADP
		Lynn MacDonald	Service Manager, South Team ADRS
		Mary MacPherson	Kinship carers/ FASS
		Fiona Moss		Head of Health Improvement & Equalities HSCP
		Claire Muirhead	South Volunteer
		Saket Priyadarshi	Associate Medical Director GADRS
		Michael Robinson	Senior Officer ADP
		Patricia Tracey	VSDAA		

Guests:       Anna Campbell	SCRN
               Stephanie Dargan	Glasgow ADRS
               Jean Gill		Minute taker 
               Frank Mellon		HSCP

1	Welcome and Apologies		
	
SM welcomed everyone to the meeting and introductions were made. 
Anna Campbell was shadowing Claire Muirhead with a view to taking her place in the group.  Apologies: Vic Walker 
		
2	Minutes of previous meeting 31st January 2019		
	
Accepted
		
3	Matters Arising		
	
Trauma Centre – Training staff appointed and training plan in place.
SM has sent response.  JK to meet with FM to progress.
	
 JK/FM	
4	Minutes of ADP Executive 5th February 2019 		
	
Noted
		
5	Scottish Drug Misuse Database and DAISy update 		
	
ISD DAISy programme is on track and should be completed by September.  
FMe working with CGI on developing electronic upload solution.
Meeting with ISD on 4th April will clarify how the upload functionality and validation rules will work.
The role of admin has been agreed via Business Management in HSCP.
Meeting with ADRS to tie in with DAISy in early April.
The Scottish Government have asked for an indication of costs incurred by ADP.

  FMe	
6	Health and Well-being Survey 		
	
FM gave presentation.
Alcohol sub group will meet to discuss issues affecting city wide at risk population including: Isolation, Universal Credit, homelessness etc. 
	
SP, FM, AF	
7	Heroin Assisted Treatment Service Pilot update 		
	
Planning implementation date for Autumn 2019 for 9 to 5pm service at Hunter Street.  Property refurbishment progressing.  The licence for the building is has been approved and will start in line with the service opening.  Operational procedures are in place.
Staffing – Nursing Team Leader has been appointed. Pharmacy lead to be identified. 
There was good representation of stakeholders at the Working Group meeting.  Ideas were discussed to change the name – possibly Enhanced Drug Treatment Service. 
Pharmacy is looking at product availability and considering Brexit implications.
Further updates to follow.

   

   SP	
8	Prevalence of Problem Drug Use in Scotland 2015-16 		
	
SD gave presentation.  
SP suggested ISD look back at previous report with same three data sets as Police data is not available for the 2015-16 report
The resource allocation models remain the same.

   SD	
9	Street Drugs Summit Programme 		
	
Meeting considered proposed programme for summit.
Named invitations have been sent out to a range of key staff and organisations.
Comms people have been asked along to promote message of harm reduction.
Frontline workers are dealing with challenging issues and there are different views how to deal with these. 
Scottish Government have been invited.
Any further suggestions to ADP co-ordinator. 

 All/SL	
10	Welfare Reform update		
	
Richard Gass was not in attendance so deferred till next meeting.
	
   RG
	
11	Recovery hubs update (presentations)		
	
There are some inconsistencies across the city in the services provided by the Recovery Hubs therefore outcomes are affected. 
AD reported that Thomas Paterson is looking at this from a service perspective and will make recommendations.  
Following a review of the three year initial service there is a possibility to extend by a year, then another year. 

 AD/PC	
12	Scottish Government Funding Streams update 		
	
This is being worked on and will go to the ADP Executive on 2nd April – filling posts, creating performance framework and monitoring spend.
  
Need to consider Recovery hubs funding and Elevate contribution as part of a wider employability review.
	
 SL/MR

   JK
	
13	AOCB		
	
Brexit implications for treatments.
Meetings are taking place to look at issues re Brexit readiness.

SM conveyed thanks to Thomas Cunningham and Claire Muirhead for their contribution to ADP and congratulated them on their employment success.  Both have made a major difference to recovery in Glasgow city.
		
14	Date and time of next meeting: 11.30am – 1.30pm 9th May 2019 Commonwealth House.