Calderdale could get more cash to tackle higher-than-average drug deaths
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The number of deaths from drug misuse in the borough is worse than the national average.
Between 2018 and 2020, there were 46 drug-related deaths in Calderdale residents - a rate of 7.6 per 100,000 compared to a national average of five.
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Hide AdAt Calderdale Council’s next Cabinet meeting, councillors will discuss accepting grant funding of £800,000 over two years, with the potential to bid for an additional £700,000 in 2024/25, to help improve drug and alcohol treatment in the area.
The council says drug treatment services in Calderdale have developed in recent years, with recommendations already implemented from a recent review.
This additional funding would be used to boost support treatment and recovery further and integrate this with action from across health, care, wellbeing and community safety partners in Calderdale and across West Yorkshire.
A new Calderdale Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership would also be established to co-ordinate multi-agency action to prevent drug use and improve drug-related outcomes in the borough.
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