Buckinghamshire Drugs and Alcohol Strategy 2023 to 2028

The Strategy is owned and overseen by the Buckinghamshire Combating Drugs Partnership, a strategic group of key agencies all involved with delivering our vision and actions. Tackling this issue is everyone’s business.

It is important to recognise this strategy builds on well-established and extensive work relating to drugs and alcohol in Buckinghamshire. The strategy does not attempt to report what is already happening, but instead how we plan to develop and extend what we do. The actions contained in this strategy show the new work, or changes to working, we will pursue to deliver success. But alongside these actions, each organisation will also still provide and continuously improve their core services for our residents.

The strategy has been informed by the findings of our Buckinghamshire Drugs and Alcohol Needs Assessment. All of the statistics used in the ‘We know’ sections of the strategy have come from the needs assessment. The needs assessment includes data from a variety of sources, alongside national guidance, and current evidence. We are in the process of developing our local outcomes framework to include the metrics which accompany our ambitions in this strategy. Recording and monitoring these indicators will ensure we, as a partnership, celebrate our successes and drive progress to achieve the most for our residents.

This is a five year strategy. In the spirit of flexibility, one of our guiding principles, we expect that these actions will evolve during the strategy’s lifetime to stay relevant to our residents.