About Therapeutic Solutions

Therapeutic Solutions (Addictions) aims to enhance the effectiveness of substance misuse services through innovation, science and training.

Therapeutic Solutions (Addictions) offers a range of analytical, research and evaluation expertise across substance misuse, mental health and criminal justice settings. We have produced over 100 reports since 2006 that covers health needs assessments, bespoke evaluations and service reviews alongside a number of key peer-reviewed papers.

Latest Projects

Therapeutic Solutions (Addictions) have been working extensively across the Gateways Project in the North West of England, linking prison-based services with community initiatives. We have worked in collaboration with Newcastle University to support the use of alcohol brief interventions in prisons and in the community for offenders on release. These have resulted in a series of co-authored fact sheets written with Newcastle University.

We undertake cutting edge research, evaluations and assessments of need

We are currently undertaking an enhanced health needs assessment for NHS England the Metropolitan Police Service.

Latest Publications

We have produced over 50 health needs assessments and a number of peer-reviewed academic papers.

What Influences Referral to 12-Step Mutual Self-Help Groups by Treatment Professionals?

Recovery Services

We have offered a range of services to support the development of recovery services across the substance misuse sector including a number of reports and academic peer-reviewed papers. We have a paper written in partnership with Birmingham University on influences to 12-Step mutual self-help groups published in the European Addiction Research in September 2014.

Our Services

We have developed a range of analytical and methodological approaches aimed at understanding the health and substance misuse needs of individuals including extensive interviews with a cross-section of service users in contact with healthcare and other related services. We have also worked to develop methods aimed at understanding the nuances of prisoner satisfaction of clinical services received. Our paper testing use of SERVQUAL as a mechanism for understanding ‘real’ satisfaction rates has been published here.

Studies and Assessments

We have undertaken over 50 health and substance misuse specific needs assessments since 2006. These have included studies across community settings and across the criminal justice system (including detainee needs in police custody; service users in contact with Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) and prisoners in contact with health services in secure settings).