Update from the SDRC
08 October 2009
Statement from the chair
Recovery is the core aim for all treatment delivery according to the Scottish Government Strategy, the Road to Recovery. The recovery consortium has a key role - in providing a central coordinating and supporting role that will link professional supports to communities, families and individuals.
I am proud to take the role of Chair for the recovery consortium and I look forward to working closely with the director and the consortium team in ensuring that recovery is at the forefront of policy and practice in tackling drug addiction, in adults and in young people, across Scotland. This is a message of hope that builds on the successes achieved by a wide range of stakeholders in Scotland in tackling drug addiction, but one that widens and deepens the agenda to ensure that individuals in recovery, their families and the wider communities are fully engaged in the task.
The recovery consortium will be an open and accessible vehicle for all of the key stakeholders - treatment providers in statutory and non-statutory settings, mutual aid and community groups, housing agencies and employment and training organisations, primary health providers and specialist agencies - to work together with users in recovery and their families to develop pathways to meaningful and sustainable recovery, and to evidence the effectiveness of the recovery movement.
The consortium will not be a provider of recovery treatment. Our job will be to identify, support and coordinate the incredible work that is already going on across Scotland, much of it unheralded and unfunded, and to ensure that there is consistency and coherence in delivering the recovery agenda in Scotland.
Dr David Best, Chair of the Shadow Board
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