FocusOn: Understanding Loneliness – A Universal Struggle
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self” May Sarton (American novelist and poet) ILLY Systems: We have produced this article as part of our continued drive to make a real difference across our communities so that, together, we can build a better … Read more “FocusOn: Understanding Loneliness – A Universal Struggle”
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Success Story – On-Boarding Forward Trust ‘Medway Service’
ILLY Systems empowers our partners to provide support to vulnerable adults and young people impacted by drug and alcohol misuse. In March 2023, we were excited to welcome the RIVER Service in Medway – delivered in partnership by Forward Trust and Open Road – into the ILLY Community. Medway is a unitary authority district … Read more “Success Story – On-Boarding Forward Trust ‘Medway Service’”
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FocusOn: Contaminated Drug Alerts – Working together to safeguard those most at risk
> What’s the challenge? The biggest challenge facing the substance misuse sector today is the continuing rise of drug related deaths, particularly deaths from opioid overdose. Increasingly, this occurs when injecting heroin which has been cut with synthetic opiates – such as fentanyl – which can be up to 100 times stronger than heroin. Recently, … Read more “FocusOn: Contaminated Drug Alerts – Working together to safeguard those most at risk”
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FocusOn: Fentanyl: A problem on the rise
“Fentanyl is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the UK … According to Public Health England, between 2015 and 2019, deaths from fentanyl-related drugs quadrupled”. Overview – What is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful, synthetic opioid that is prescribed to treat severe pain, for example following major surgery or for cancer patients. Fentanyl is much … Read more “FocusOn: Fentanyl: A problem on the rise”
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FocusOn: Case Notes
For healthcare practitioners and substance misuse case workers, writing accurate case notes is an essential skill and a crucial part of their daily practice. “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen” is an often repeated maxim that workers are regularly reminded of. It is important to remember that a client’s case notes could be … Read more “FocusOn: Case Notes”
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Success Story: On-boarding Catch22 ‘Kent County Lines and Gangs Service’
Through dynamic, intuitive and user-friendly systems, ILLY Systems enables our partners to deliver high-quality support to vulnerable adults and young people across the ILLY Community. In August 2022 we were excited to welcome Catch 22 Kent County Lines and Gangs Service into the ILLY Community, following the successful rollout of LINKS CarePath across Kent and … Read more “Success Story: On-boarding Catch22 ‘Kent County Lines and Gangs Service’”
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