Case closures by reason for closure (quarterly)

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Area Code

Measure1

Date

Stage of non attendance Includes records where the client did not attend prior to assessment.

Jan-Mar 2013

Apr-Jun 2013

Jul-Sept 2013

Oct-Dec 2013

Jan-Mar 2014

Apr-Jun 2014

Jul-Sept 2014

Oct-Dec 2014

Jan-Mar 2015

Apr-Jun 2015

Jul-Sept 2015 Revised

Oct-Dec 2015 Provisional

Planned Closure - Treatment complete - substance free

998

891

899

808

835

869

881

919

931

794

813

800

Planned Closure - Treatment complete

1,344

1,522

1,563

1,395

1,458

1,616

1,540

1,404

1,762

1,275

1,607

1,564

Treatment complete Clients discharged as treatment complete or treatment complete substance free with a recorded treatment date. Percentage is of all closure reasons where the treatment date is populated excluding the neutral closure reasons.

Clients discharged as treatment complete or treatment complete substance free with a recorded treatment date. Percentage is of all closure reasons where the treatment date is populated excluding the neutral closure reasons.

2,058

2,409

1,829

2,259

2,255

Planned Closure - Referred to another service

731

986

968

812

794

1,128

1,012

1,086

1,121

1,973

688

634

Planned Closure - Moved to GP Led Prescribing Introduced in April 2014.

Planned closures sub-total

3,073

3,399

3,429

3,014

3,086

3,615

3,436

3,418

3,829

4,054

3,114

3,004

Deceased

Moved

141

163

164

125

123

138

131

130

137

127

143

117

Prison

287

307

324

336

291

267

292

269

210

221

292

224

Treatment withdrawn by provider The treatment provider has withdrawn treatment provision from the client usually as a result of a breach of contract.

The treatment provider has withdrawn treatment provision from the client usually as a result of a breach of contract.

191

176

184

186

223

210

193

271

160

194

158

Closed at Centre During Jan-March 2014 a number of agencies closed historic records prior to the move to a new dataset and in readiness for the annual freeze of data. In addition a number of agencies have closed and have transferred the clients to a new agency, which has resulted in a number of closed records. From April-June 2014 this code was no longer an option for agencies.

During Jan-March 2014 a number of agencies closed historic records prior to the move to a new dataset and in readiness for the annual freeze of data. In addition a number of agencies have closed and have transferred the clients to a new agency, which has resulted in a number of closed records. From April-June 2014 this code was no longer an option for agencies.

2,366

DNA before assessment

1,522

1,379

1,435

1,541

1,460

1,127

900

1,009

1,043

1,040

995

912

DNA before treatment

145

221

249

147

169

265

338

292

214

139

DNA during treatment

714

662

679

585

528

913

819

832

751

580

675

633

Inappropriate Referral Client has been contacted following a third party referral and states that they are not ready to engage in treatment or when assessed there is no substance misuse treatment need for client.

Client has been contacted following a third party referral and states that they are not ready to engage in treatment or when assessed there is no substance misuse treatment need for client.

1,138

1,030

1,037

965

906

997

944

966

883

928

776

649

Client unaware of referral Introduced in April 2014, though some older records may have been updated to reflect this new reference code.

Client declined treatment Introduced in April 2014, though some older records may have been updated to reflect this new reference code.

122

249

243

279

226

241

283

No information supplied A discharge date has been submitted with a blank discharge reason.

Total

7,282

7,519

7,595

6,972

9,260

7,749

7,420

7,574

7,612

7,602

6,654

6,142

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Title

Case closures by reason for closure

Last update

25 May 2016

Next update

August 2016 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse, NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS)

Source 2

NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS)

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

Management information

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

General description

Substance Misuse in Wales, Quarterly Statistics

Data collection and calculation

These quarterly statistics present summary information relating to treatment services for substance misuse, including data on activity by drug and alcohol. The data only relates to people attending treatment services for substance misuse and as a result only represents a proportion of all substance misusers.

The source of the data is the Welsh National Database for Substance Misuse (WNDSM). It contains details of all referrals to drug and alcohol agencies in Wales and is held by NHS Wales Informatics Service. The database is dynamic, that is, records are subject to amendment as further information is submitted by agencies. This means that figures from the previous quarter will inevitably be revised and this should be considered when interpreting the data. Consequently the first time data is published for a specific quarter it will be marked as "provisional". Data on this subject is also published in an annual report in October. Please note that the quarterly and annual statistics are not directly comparable, specifically because clients who did not attend (DNA) at a very early stage i.e. before assessment are not included throughout the annual report tables but are included here in the quarterly statistics.

Some of the data presented is used to measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to support the performance management of substance misuse treatment services in Wales. This includes a performance indicator to achieve a waiting time of within 20 working days between referral and the start of treatment. This indicator is also included in the Welsh Government's Programme for Government.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

January 2013 onwards

Rounding applied

Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.

Revisions information

In each quarterly publication, data for the previous quarter is revised in order to include amendments to records.

Users, uses and context

For information on users, uses and context please see the linked annual publication

Keywords

Substance Misuse

Statistical quality

Quality report:

All Service Providers in receipt of Welsh Government funding, either directly or via the Community Safety Partnerships, to deliver substance misuse services are required to comply fully with the reporting requirements of the database.

The Welsh Government’s Substance Misuse Advisory Regional Teams (SMARTs) have been working with treatment services to improve data quality. For the purpose of this release, the data quality issues that affect these statistics are:

Some agencies are failing to close cases where a client is transferred between agencies. This means that some individuals will be counted more than once on the database.

A number of agencies may not complete all of the relevant fields on the database by the time the quarterly data is extracted.

Weblinks

Annual treatment statistics: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/substance-misuse/?lang=en

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hlth1608