Abstract
Aims: Post-discharge telephone check-ins were piloted in Change, grow, live (CGL), a leading UK-based social care and health charity, to measure substance misuse clients’ recovery through the use of the Treatment Outcomes Profile (TOP). The aims were to examine the effectiveness of these check-ins on re-presentation rates and to determine whether a case can be made for extending these check-ins across CGL.Methods: The cohort consisted of 1145 adult clients classified across four main drug groups: any opiate; alcohol only; non-opiate and alcohol; non-opiate only. The cohort clients had to have had a planned discharge from CGL services, been out of treatment for at least six months, and had a post-exit TOP within this 6 month period.Findings: Over the six months from discharge, there was a considerable reduction in the re-presentation rates for those clients who were checked in with, relative to CGL national averages and to PHE averages.Conclusion: Further research is required to verify the relationship between the post-exit check-ins and a reduction in re-presentations.
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