QuADS

QuADS (Quality Standards in Alcohol and Drugs Services) is a quality standards framework that was developed by Drug Scope and Alcohol Concern in the UK in 1999 and has been selected as the guiding quality standard framework for HSE Addiction Services in Ireland.

QuADS Peer Review

Peer review is a relatively new mode of promoting and supporting organisational and sectoral development. It has been used within therapeutic communities across Europe and also within the educational and medical sector. Peer review generally involves one organisation from within a network auditing and evaluating the work of another organisation against a standardised framework. The organisation under review receives a report that assists then to develop better and more robust systems.

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Policy Library

Drugs.ie houses a comprehensive policy library containing more than 75 template policies for drug and alcohol services. These policies have been developed by the Ana Liffey Drug Project. Polices have had editorial input from industry leaders from the health and commercial sectors and have been extensively researched. We advise that these policies are adapted to the needs of each organisation through an internal consultation processes.

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For further information on QuADS contact Nicola, nicola.corrigan@aldp.ie 01 960 3004

The QuADS project is supported by HSE National Social Inclusion Office. The following organisations have contributed significantly to the editing of the resource library: