Introducing the AOD Infographic Poster

A collaboration between NCAT and Platform Trust

The Partners

Introduction

• Platform Trust and the National Committee for Addiction

Treatment (NCAT) combined forces to develop a poster

that profiles the work of alcohol and other drug (AOD)

treatment providers in New Zealand.

• This poster is a follow-up to the Platform publication

NGO Stories & Statistics (2013) and incorporates data

from a number of different sources alongside some

contextual information to help illustrate the rapidly

changing AOD landscape.

Acknowledgements:

Platform Trust and NCAT wish to acknowledge and thank everyone who has contributed to the development of this AOD infographics poster. In particular, Robert Steenhuisen & team (CADS, Waitemata DHB), Vanessa Caldwell & team (Matua Raki), Barry Welsh & Heidi Browne (Ministry of Health).

Special mention also goes to Nanz Nair ( of ‘Co-creating Good’) who was responsible for all of the design work on the poster.

Objectives

The objectives of the poster are to:

1. To provide an overview of the AOD sector with a particular focus on the need for treatment services and how DHB and NGO service provision has changed over time.

2. To increase everyone’s awareness (clients, family, staff, funders) about the work of the AOD sector.

3. To stimulate debate within the wider sector about what AOD providers are currently doing and what might need to change in order to meet the needs of the population.

The approach - telling a story

1. Who needs AOD treatment services?

2. Who is accessing AOD treatment?

3. Who has co-existing problems (CEP)?

4. Who works in the AOD sector?

5. How much funding is going into the AOD sector?

6. What are the outcomes for AOD clients?

and a taster........................................

NOTE: The funding figures used throughout the poster for specialist AOD services represents only that funding provided

through Vote Health and excludes funding from other sources (e.g. Dept. of Corrections)

Three key messages:

Sources of information

• Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (2007). Substance use disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey.

• Health Workforce New Zealand (2012). Towards the Next Wave of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Capability: Workforce Services Review Report.

• Mental Health Commission (2012). National Indicators 2011: Measuring Mental Health and Addiction in New Zealand.

• Ministry of Health Mental Health Spend File.

• Ministry of Health PRIMHD data.

• Ministry of Health (2006). Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey.

• Ministry of Health (2010). Te Ariari o te Oranga: the Assessment and Management of People with Co-existing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems.

• National Committee for Addiction Treatment (2011). Addiction is everybody’s business. Where to from here?

Notes and a Disclaimer: • The information in this poster has been made

available in this format to help focus attention on the AOD sector and to stimulate debate.

•While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is accurate, no guarantees for the currency or the accuracy of information are made. All errors are the responsibility of the author.

• We have accessed the best available information in each focus area, but in some cases (eg, AOD workforce data), the information is considered to be ‘old’ and is subject to revision.

How do I get hold of more copies? • If you would like to obtain additional copies of this

infographic poster then please contact Catherine McCullough at catherine.mccullough@drugfoundation.org.nz

• We will also be loading a web-based version onto the NCAT and Platform Trust websites.