Scrutiny of Commissioned Drug and Alcohol Services' Reporting to the NDTMS
Dear Fife Council,
Which organisation/s is/are commissioned to run drug and alcohol services in Fife?
Do/does the organisation/s commissioned to provide drug and alcohol services report to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)?
From January 2007 to February 2017, how often have the provider/s of drug and alcohol services in Fife report their NDTMS results to Fife Council?
From January 2007 to February 2017, how has the reliability and accuracy of data submitted to the NDTMS by the provider/s of drug and alcohol services in Fife been scrutinised by Fife Council?
From January 2007 to February 2017, how often has the reliability and accuracy of data submitted to the NDTMS by the provider/s of drug and alcohol services in Fife been scrutinised by Fife Council?
When was the last time that the reliability and accuracy of data submitted to the NDTMS by the provider/s of drug and alcohol services in Fife was scrutinised by Fife Council?
Who is responsible for judging the reliability and accuracy of data submitted to the NDTMS by the provider/s of drug and alcohol services in Fife?
In the event of the provider/s of drug and alcohol services falsifying data submitted to the NDTMS, what recourse is available to Fife Council?
In the event of the provider/s of drug and alcohol services providing inaccurate data to the NDTMS, what recourse is available to Fife Council?
Yours faithfully,
P.M.J. Glen
Dear P M J Glen,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your information request dated and received 16^th February
2017, our reference: 16283. This is being dealt with in terms of the
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Regards,
Gemma
Gemma Harrison
Information Management & Requests
Fife Council
Dear P M J Glen,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
I refer to your information request dated and received 16^th February
2017, our reference: 16283.
Please see below our response.
1. Which organisation/s is/are commissioned to run drug and alcohol
services in Fife?
Fife Council currently fund or have involvement with the attached list of
services.
2. Do/does the organisation/s commissioned to provide drug and alcohol
services report to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)?
No, this is a system for England. Our services report through SDMD
(Scottish Drugs Misuse Database.)
Therefore our response to the remaining questions is ‘not applicable.’
I trust this meets your requirements.
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Regards,
Gemma
Gemma Harrison
Information Management & Requests
Fife Council
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