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Success Story – Supporting the Transfer of Buckinghamshire’s Youth Service

On 1st December 2025, Buckinghamshire Council successfully recommissioned its Young People’s (YP) drug and alcohol misuse service. The transition from the incumbent provider to the new service was designed with one priority in mind: ensuring a seamless, continuity of care for young residents in Buckinghamshire. By prioritising a neutral and secure data migration strategy, the … Read more “Success Story – Supporting the Transfer of Buckinghamshire’s Youth Service”

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April 29, 2026

FocusOn Gambling Harms: Integrating Gambling Support within the UK Healthcare Landscape

“Gambling is a public health emergency. We are seeing children as young as seven developing addictions, and families being destroyed by gambling-related suicide. Without decisive action … we risk a generational slip into gambling addiction that will cost the NHS for decades” Kevin McKenna MP – 15 January 2026 Background The UK has one of … Read more “FocusOn Gambling Harms: Integrating Gambling Support within the UK Healthcare Landscape”

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February 19, 2026

FocusOn LEROs: The Rising Influence of Lived Experience in Recovery

“Treatment services can help people stop using substances, but staying in recovery and rebuilding networks, skills, and purpose is much harder”. (Prof. Ed Day – DDN December 2025) Background LEROs – or Lived Experience Recovery Organisations – are independent, peer-led organisations that support people in recovery from substance misuse. The core concept of LEROs is … Read more “FocusOn LEROs: The Rising Influence of Lived Experience in Recovery”

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January 8, 2026

ILLY Systems: 2025 Year in Review & Securing the Future for 2026

Collaboration, Data, and Difference: A Look Back at the ILLY Community’s 2025 As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a year defined by purposeful collaboration and a collective commitment to supporting society’s most vulnerable. The pace of change across the public health and criminal justice sectors remains relentless, making the effective use of … Read more “ILLY Systems: 2025 Year in Review & Securing the Future for 2026”

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December 17, 2025

ILLY Commissioners Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups

On November 10th 2025, ILLY hosted their Annual Commissioner’s Forum, with over 100 participants from across the Substance Misuse and public health sector, and we are delighted to share some of the highlights with you! The topic for this year was “Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups” – and we were extremely … Read more “ILLY Commissioners Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups”

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November 11, 2025

ILLY Commissioner’s Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups

  Since our last Commissioner’s Forum in November 2025, we have seen services across the sector continue to face ever growing challenges. Drug related deaths are still on the rise, synthetic opioids such as nitazenes remain a big concern, and the needs of the client group are becoming increasingly complex. In this environment, there is a … Read more “ILLY Commissioner’s Forum 2025 – Bridging the Gap: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Groups”

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October 10, 2025