Quality standard
Quality statement 10: Residential rehabilitative treatment
Quality statement 10: Residential rehabilitative treatment
Quality statement
People in drug treatment are given information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
Rationale
Residential rehabilitative treatment provides a safe environment, a daily structure, multiple interventions and can support recovery in some people with drug use disorders who have not benefitted from other treatment options. For people with drug use disorders to make an informed choice about residential rehabilitative treatment, taking into account personal preferences, it is important they are aware of the NICE eligibility criteria.
Quality measure
The following measures can be used to assess the quality of care or service provision specified in the statement. They are examples of how the statement can be measured, and can be adapted and used flexibly.
Process
Proportion of people in drug treatment who receive information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
Numerator – the number of people in the denominator receiving information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
Denominator – the number of people in drug treatment.
Data source: Data can be collected from information recorded locally by healthcare professionals and provider organisations, for example from patient records.
What the quality statement means for different audiences
Service providers ensure systems are in place for people in drug treatment to be given information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
Healthcare professionals ensure people in drug treatment are given information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
Commissioners ensure they commission services for people in drug treatment to be given information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment.
People in drug treatment are given information and advice on the NICE eligibility criteria for residential rehabilitative treatment if they want to stop taking drugs, have other medical or social problems, have completed a detoxification programme and past psychosocial treatment has not been successful.
Source guidance
Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions. NICE guideline CG51 (2007), recommendation 1.5.1.2
Definitions of terms used in this quality statement
Eligibility criteria
The eligibility criteria is listed in NICE's guideline on drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions, which recommends residential treatment may be considered for people who are seeking abstinence and who have significant comorbid physical, mental health or social (for example, housing) problems. The person should be planning to complete a community, residential or inpatient detoxification programme and have not benefited from previous community-based psychosocial treatment.
Residential rehabilitative treatment
Residential rehabilitative treatment is defined on the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System website as a structured drug treatment setting where residence is a condition of receiving the interventions.
Equality and diversity considerations
Residential rehabilitative treatment should be available for anyone meeting the eligibility criteria. The needs of people with children should be considered so that children are appropriately looked after while their parents enter residential rehabilitative treatment.
All information and advice about residential rehabilitation should be culturally appropriate. It should also be accessible to people with additional needs such as physical, sensory or learning disabilities, and to people who do not speak or read English. People with drug use disorders should have access to an interpreter or advocate if needed.