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Drug use disorders in adults

  • Quality standard
  • Reference number: QS23
  • Published:  19 November 2012
  • Quality standard
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  1. Implementation support
  2. Audit and service improvement
  3. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Implementation support

  • Implementation resources – Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxification

  • Implementation resources – Drug misuse in over 16s: psychosocial interventions

  • Implementation resources – Needle and syringe programmes

  • How to use quality standards

Audit and service improvement

  • Quality standard service improvement template (Excel 1.18 MB)

    Published:
    04 March 2025

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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