Complex needs
Time for acTion
Social action is the way forward in tackling complex needs, hears DDN
T
he All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
for Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis
recently launched a call for evidence
around social action (DDN, May, page 5).
With a detailed questionnaire, the group
wanted to know what factors could really make a
difference in helping people with complex needs. How
could challenges be addressed around giving access to
housing, employment opportunities and mental
health services, alongside substance misuse support?
‘There are a lot of complex needs out there and not
enough integrated services to address them,’ says Lord
Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point,
which provides the secretariat for the group. ‘What
we’re talking about is a big problem – 70 per cent of
people in drug services an