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MEDIA RELEASE 7 October 2020 Federal Budget: Failure to meet AOD treatment needs ominous for the future The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) is gravely concerned about the

2020 Annual Report Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association TABLE OF CONTENTS VAADA Board 1 Board Member Profiles 1 VAADA Staff 4 Vision & Purpose 4 President’s Report 5 Executive Officer

Alcohol and Other Drug group counselling during coronavirus (COVID-19) Introduction The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in changes to the way people who use alcohol and other drugs are supported.

The community services sector provides services to many vulnerable Victorians who are especially impacted by the coronavirus (COVDI-19) pandemic. The economic impact of the pandemic, and the stresses that arise as a result of self-isolation and physical distancing increase the demand on community services from vulnerable Victorians during this period and into the future.

The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association welcomes the announcement of a second Injecting room following the release of the Hamilton report.

This information provides guidance to Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) community residential rehabilitation and withdrawal providers (referred to as essential AOD residential services in this guidance) about continued service delivery during coronavirus (COVID-19).

For the Victorian AOD Service Providers Conference webinar, part 2: Moving beyone COVID-19: what is the future of health system service delivery?

The impact of COVID-19 across health services, including treatment services for people who use drugs, is emerging but likely to have a high impact. Treatment services for people who use drugs provide essential treatment services including opiate agonist treatment and needle syringe programmes alongside other important treatment programmes across all substance types including withdrawal...

VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with drug use are reduced and general health and well being is promoted. VAADA Objectives To provide leadership, representation, advocacy

MEDIA RELEASE 1 April 2020 SafeScript a welcome reform but the risk of patient displacement during pandemic remains The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) has been a long