The report gives examples of the work of the Association, Public Health and Themed Observatories to support commissioning and looks at the way forward.

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This tenth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on drug use. The report contains 46 different indicators of drug use relating to the individual, community and population across all nine English regions; with additional analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible. An Executive Summary is also ava ...

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The Factsheets present an overview of programme budgeting expenditure and outcomes for every PCT in England. The tool allows for further exploration of the data.

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In this briefing we take a summary overview of segmentation and then focus on one approach to segmentation using geodemographic methods. We then compare the most commonly available geodemographic segmentation tools, highlighting the possible applications within the health sector and discussing some of the factors that should be considered when looking to invest in a system.

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The Commissioning Toolkit of Parenting Programmes is a searchable online database which contains comprehensive descriptions of parenting programmes available for commission. It presents information about programmes – their aims, content, target groups and practitioner requirements and also rates them according to quality and effectiveness, allowing commissioners to make informed choices about how suitable a particular programme may be in meeting the needs of specific parents.

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