High level priorities
Reduce drug specific hospital admissions
The rate of drug specific hospital admissions in 2021-22, has decreased from previous years. However, for North Tyneside, the rate is still over double the England average.
Reduce drug misuse deaths rate in North Tyneside
North Tyneside has a rate of 12.9 per 100,000 for drug misuse deaths in the period 2021-23, which is higher than the rate for England, 5.5 per 100,000, during this time period.
Increase the number of drug dependent individuals accessing, and remaining in, treatment
There is an estimated 38% of Opiate and Crack Cocaine Users (OCUs) not in treatment in North Tyneside, which equates to 785 people. Whilst numbers into treatment in 2021-22 were slightly higher than the previous year, the percentage difference broken down to substances shows there was a 14.4% decrease in new adults to drug treatment for the non-opiates drug group, and an 8.7% decrease for the opiates group. Of those new presentations into treatment, there has been an increase in the percentage of early or unplanned exits.