16 - 2025-12-10 IJB - ADP Annual Reporting Survey 2024-2025
North Lanarkshire Council · 10 December 2025
Back to Health and Social Care Integration Joint Board — 10 December 2025 and its agenda
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1 REPORT Item No: 16 SUBJECT: North Lanarkshire ADP – Self-Assessment Survey TO: Integration Joint Board Lead Officer for Report: Morag Dendy Head of Planning, Performance and Quality Assurance Author(s) of Report John Holleran – Strategic Lead, North Lanarkshire ADP DATE: 10 December 2025 1. PURPOSE OF REPORT This paper is coming to the IJB for: For approval ☒ For endorsement ☐ To note ☐ 2. ROUTE TO THE BOARD This paper has been: Prepared By: ☒ Reviewed By: ☒ Endorsed By: ☐ 3. RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 The IJB is asked to: (1) Note the content of the report;
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2 (2) Note the content of the Annual Reporting Survey to the Scottish Government that requires approval by the IJB. This was submitted to the Scottish Government via the ADP by June 2025. The survey is designed to collect information on a range of aspects relating to the delivery of the Nation Mission on Drugs, to deliver on the priorities in line with additional investment priority areas; (3) Note the arrangements in place across each priority area; Prevention, Early Intervention and Education Residential Rehab Assertive Outreach and Crisis support Harm reduction – including Naloxone provision Whole Family Approach and Family Inclusive Practice Lived and Living Experience (4) Approve the NLADP Annual report acknowledging the appropriate supports and governance arrangements are in place to deliver the National Mission priorities and The Partnership Delivery Framework objectives. 4. VARIATIONS TO DIRECTIONS? 5. BACKGROUND/SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES 5.1 The NLADP Strategic Lead has been working closely with key stakeholders across the five ADP sub-groups structures (below) to deliver on the national mission priorities in keeping with the national evidence-base, local scoping work and learning from commissioned services including those with lived experience. The ADP sub-groups oversee and support decisions on local investments linked to the National Mission priorities. 1. Prevention, Early Intervention, & Education 2. Treatment, Care & Recovery 3. Whole Family Approach 4. Public Health Approach to Justice 5. Reducing Alcohol Harms Group 5.2 All thirty of Scotland ADPs are responsible for delivering on the National Mission Priorities. The aim of the National Mission is to improve and save the lives of people who use drugs and their loved ones. Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ☐
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3 The purpose of the Annual Report Survey to give local ADPs a tool to engage and discuss opportunities and barriers to delivery. Strategic Planning follows a cycle of Assessing need Aligning resources Agreeing delivery plans and priorities Reporting and learning from outcomes 5.3 The annual Report Survey is designed to ensure key measures are in place to support the work of the ADP. The Annual Report Survey should be agreed and signed off with the relevant Chief Officers and stakeholders 5.4 The Annual report survey sets out where the local ADP and relevant partners are in relation to the Partnership Delivery Framework: 1. Strategic planning 2. Financial arrangements 3. Quality improvement and Outcomes 4. Governance and Oversight 5. The relationship between the ADP and the Integration Authority 6. CONCLUSIONS 6.1 The Annual report survey details the range of measures in place across North Lanarkshire in 2024/25 to maximise engagement with people needing support in relation to their alcohol and other drug use. The survey demonstrates the progress being made towards delivering on the National Mission priorities. NLADP places the experience of people with lived experience and families at the centre of developments. This approach has significantly reshaped the commissioning intentions, created a robust response to the challenge of preventable drug deaths in North Lanarkshire and informed the ADP Investment Plans. 7. IMPLICATIONS 7.1 NATIONAL OUTCOMES Link(s) to National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes People are able to look after and improve their own health and wellbeing and live in good health for longer ☒ People, including those with disabilities or long-term conditions, or who are frail, are able to live, as far as reasonable practicable, independently and at home or in a homely setting in their community ☐ People who use Health and Social Care Services have positive experiences of those services, and have dignity respected ☒ Health and Social Care Services are centred on helping to maintain or improve the quality of life of people who use those services ☒
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4 Health and Social Care Services contribute to reducing health inequalities ☒ People who use Health and Social Care Services are safe from harm ☒ People who work in Health and Social Care Services feel engaged with the work they do and are supported to continuously improve the information, support, care and treatment they provide ☒ Resources are used effectively and efficiently in the provision of Health and Social Care Services ☒ 7.2 ASSOCIATED MEASURE(S) • Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards – 1-5 implemented and 6- 10 beyond embedded by March 2026 • Residential rehab – assessment and access for anyone who chooses/where appropriate as part of their care and treatment. Each ADP/Health Board should now publish rehab pathways online setting out how people can access residential rehab. • Harm reduction – consistent approaches and increase workforce confidence/capacity to deliver HR. Includes Naloxone provision, Blood-Bourne Virus testing and wound care. • Assertive Outreach – A fully operational crisis response service with assertive outreach and overdose response is in place to support people 356 day per year. • Whole Family Approach – increase/widen Family Inclusive Practice (FIP) across all treatment and care settings • Recovery – Lived and Living Experience (LLE) involved in design, delivery and evaluation of services. LLE Panels have been active since October 2024. • Human Rights – are at the heart of how substance use services and wider supports are designed and offered. 7.3 FINANCIAL This paper has been reviewed by Finance: 7.4 RISK ASSESSMENT/RISK MANAGEMENT Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ☒
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5 Relevant Risk Register Details Current Risk Level Risk Owner Choose an item. 7.5 ENGAGEMENT & PARTICPATION Please tick the engagement and participation objectives that link(s) with this piece of work and provide further details regarding the engagement and participation that was undertaken. Objectives Further Details ☒ Involve stakeholders in the development work aimed at achieving the national outcomes ☐ Provide stakeholders with information on how to get involved ☐ Ensure a diverse range of engagement and participation and opportunities are in place to suit different needs ☒ Measure how well we involve community stakeholders in the planning, design and delivery of our services ☒ Provide regular feedback on how stakeholder engagement and participation is shaping and influencing service development and delivery ☒ Provide support to enable stakeholder representatives to participate meaningfully and confidently at meetings ☐ Develop participation guidelines to ensure a common understanding and set of expectations for both stakeholders and partnership staff ☐ Support engagement planning and participation in localities, taking account of other engagement activity and local plans across the Community Planning Partnership 7.6 INEQUALITIES & FAIRER SCOTLAND DUTY EQIA Completed & Fairer Scotland Impact Assessment Form Completed and attached to report:
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6 EQIA added to website: 8. BACKGROUND PAPERS This report sets out the progress made by North Lanarkshire ADP on delivering on Rights, respect recovery, the national performance framework, National mission objectives linked to reducing harm from alcohol and drugs. This report forms the basis of the annual return to the Scottish Government setting out progress made from investments in 2024/25. ADP - Annual Reporting Survey 2024-25 - Questionnaire.docx 9. APPENDICES Please include a glossary of terms if not already included. ADP Annual Reporting Survey 2024-2025 CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER (or Depute) Members seeking further information about any aspect of this report, please contact the following; John Holleran via john.holleran@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ☒ Yes / Date added ☐ No ☐ N/A ☒
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7 Direction from North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) 1 Reference Number 2 Report Title 3 Date direction issued by IJB 4 Date from which direction takes effect 5 Direction to: 6 Does this direction supersede, revise or revoke a previous direction – if yes, include reference number(s) 7 Functions covered by direction 8 Full text of direction 9 Budget allocated by Integration Joint Board to carry out direction 10 Performance Management / Governance arrangements 11 Date direction will be reviewed
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