we offered service users 6700 treatment sessions- 26 each working day
83% of service users who agreed to give figures last year reduced their drinking by at least half- 35% achieved complete abstinence
In the past year we have seen people aged from 18 to 80 and large numbers of every age group between late twenties and early fifties
On average a new contact is likely to report drinking 177 units per week, which is the equivalent of 12 pints of beer or 2.6 bottles of wine a day. The heaviest drinkers are drinking the equivalent of 2 litres of spirits a day – between 550 and 600 units
39% of people who contact us have mental health problems: 32% have considered suicide
26% of new contacts are also using illegal drugs, of these almost half also have mental health problems.
33% of new contacts are women. Nationally, 9% of women drink heavily compared to 22% of men (2). Based on that, and City & Hackney demographics (52% women) our target is to see 31% female service users(3).
29% of our users are from black or other minority ethnic communities. Different communities have different propensities for heavy drinking, the white community being the heaviest of all(1). Based on City & Hackney demographic mix(1) our target is to see 25% of our users to come from minority communities.
Sources –
1: National Drug Treatment Monitoring System. Treatment Outcome Profiling. March 2009.
2: Office of National Statistics – General Household Survey
3: Census 2001.
