LJMU Drug and Alcohol Related death Enhanced Monitoring Process and Projec

Tender description

Drug related death (DRD) remains a significant issue at both a local and national level and reducing DRD is a primary objective of the ADDER programme (national grant funded programme. In 2020 the number of death registrations showed a record number of drug poisonings recorded for the ninth consecutive year. Wirral’s records also show a similar increasing trend. This proposal increases the capacity for scrutinising the circumstances of each case, identifying learning and co-ordinating the implementation of the learning across the system. The post holder will take the lead in co-ordinating the monthly DRD review panels, reviewing all recent cases, collating the learning from this scrutiny and then ensuring accountability for this learning being put into practice across the system, with the end goal of reducing the incidence of drug related deaths, and also reducing the wider issue of all deaths in treatment.