Will Haydock
@williamhaydock.bsky.social
Executive Director at Collective Voice, which represents charities that provide treatment for people with issues with alcohol or other drugs. Previously in local and national government, and before that doing academic research.
2/2 We welcome the call for 'urgent reform and investment', and the acceptance of our advice that substance use treatment in prison should be commissioned as a separate specialist service. Do read our response and the full report: www.collectivevoice.org.uk/cv-response/...
Collective Voice calls on Government to accept and implement the recommendations of the Justice Committee inquiry on drugs in prisons - Collective Voice
We call on the Government to accept the key recommendations of the inquiry and work with stakeholders – including our members – to implement them effectively. We are ready and waiting to provide our s...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
2/2 We welcome the call for 'urgent reform and investment', and the acceptance of our advice that substance use treatment in prison should be commissioned as a separate specialist service. Do read our response and the full report: www.collectivevoice.org.uk/cv-response/...
"Inside Health" on drug deaths: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
"Understand" discussing psychedelics: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
"Understand" discussing psychedelics: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Inside Health - Can we reverse rising drug deaths? - BBC Sounds
We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Inside Health" on drug deaths: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
"Understand" discussing psychedelics: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
"Understand" discussing psychedelics: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
One of the solutions proposed is to create a professional register - because, as Bridget Phillipson put it, these staff are professionals. Should we be saying the same of specialist drug / alcohol / recovery workers? Is the government's workforce strategy sufficient? 3/3
July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the solutions proposed is to create a professional register - because, as Bridget Phillipson put it, these staff are professionals. Should we be saying the same of specialist drug / alcohol / recovery workers? Is the government's workforce strategy sufficient? 3/3
You could apply much of this diagnosis to our field. 2/3
July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
You could apply much of this diagnosis to our field. 2/3
My only real concern was the language, with people being referred to as addicts when it wasn't clear they'd describe themselves that way. 3/3
June 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My only real concern was the language, with people being referred to as addicts when it wasn't clear they'd describe themselves that way. 3/3
It describes the emergence of a synthetic cathinone known as Bloom, and there's interesting points about the particular context of Madeira as an island affecting the availability of different drugs. Definitely good for thought as we try to plan for an uncertain future in the UK. 2/3
June 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It describes the emergence of a synthetic cathinone known as Bloom, and there's interesting points about the particular context of Madeira as an island affecting the availability of different drugs. Definitely good for thought as we try to plan for an uncertain future in the UK. 2/3
Just to clarify on one point, I support the introduction of an #alcohol strategy; it's one of Collective Voice's key asks of Government. The discussion here was about (a) how we get substance use taken seriously in Government & (b) making sure treatment isn't lost in wider alcohol policy discussions
May 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just to clarify on one point, I support the introduction of an #alcohol strategy; it's one of Collective Voice's key asks of Government. The discussion here was about (a) how we get substance use taken seriously in Government & (b) making sure treatment isn't lost in wider alcohol policy discussions