Local strategy.
Locally, Drug and Alcohol services are provided by a process of joint commissioning.
What is joint commissioning?
The idea of joint commissioning is to bring together what we have available to spend on health and social care, with the aim of then providing the best services possible for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
In Hertfordshire, more than £200m per year is spent on such services. The County Council and eight Primary Care Trusts therefore together contribute this money to a Joint Commissioning Partnership who then oversee how the money is spent, through a Joint Commissioning Team.
To find out more about Joint Commissioning and other local strategies please visit www.hertsdirect.org.