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Substance Misuse - Percentage of GP practices in a shared care scheme
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Substance Misuse - Percentage of GP practices in a shared care scheme |
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Substance Misuse: The percentage of GP practices in a shared care scheme for problematic drug misusers.
Rationale
It is estimated that there are between 160,000 and 280,000 problematic drug users in the UK. The 250,000 estimated people with the most severe drug problems account for 99% of the costs of drug abuse in England and Wales and do most harm to themselves, their families and communities. Some drug users present with complex needs such risk of HIV, other blood-borne viruses and psychiatric illness. This requires effective collaboration between GPs and specialist drug misuse treatment services. So GPs are essential to the treatment of drug misusers and it is vital to increase the number of GP practices willing to work with drug misusers.
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Thresholds
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| Significantly below average |
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| Below average |
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greater than or equal to 0.0% and less than 6.0% |
| Average |
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greater than or equal to 6.0% and less than 37.5% |
| Above average |
4 |
greater than or equal to 37.5% and less than 78.3% |
| Significantly above average |
5 |
greater than or equal to 78.3% |
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