Government vs Private Rehabilitation for Substance Abuse in the UK

This dissertation explores the effectiveness of government-funded versus private rehabilitation centers in the UK for substance abuse. It examines the prevalence, causes, and impacts of substance abuse in the UK, highlighting the roles of government, private, and charitable rehabilitation centers. The research employs a qualitative approach, analyzing data to compare the facilities, challenges, and successes of different rehabilitation models. Key findings include the societal impact of substance abuse and a comparative analysis of government and private rehabs. The study concludes with recommendations for improving rehabilitation services and suggests areas for future research, ultimately aiming to inform and enhance support for individuals struggling with substance abuse in the UK.

Running head:GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE:REHABILITATION IN THE UK
Dissertation
Government versus Private: Rehabilitation pertaining to Substance Abuse in the UK
Name of the Student
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Author Note

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Acknowledgement
I would like to give heartfelt and gratitude to all the people who have helped me throughout
this entire study, for their constant motivation and encouragement. I am very thankful for my
supervisor........ Whose advice and guidance have helped me complete my task. My
supervisor has patiently helped me whenever I needed. I would like to give thanks to all the
students and stuff of ( university name) without whose help it would not be possible to
complete this study.
I would like to express my gratitude to all the students, teachers, the educational authorities
for giving their valuable time in helping me complete this study. This research would not
have been completed without their participation, they helped me to execute the research work
well.
Lastly, i express my gratitude to my parents and family, for without their support is would not
be able to complete this research paper. Thank you

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Table of Contents
Abstract.........................................................................................................................5
Chapter 1: Introduction.................................................................................................6
1.0 Overview.............................................................................................................6
1.1 Problem Statement.............................................................................................7
1.2 Research Aim and..............................................................................................8
1.3 Research Objective.............................................................................................8
1.4 Research Question.............................................................................................8
1.5 Structure of the dissertation................................................................................9
1.6 Summary...........................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Literature Review......................................................................................11
2.0 Overview...........................................................................................................11
2.1 Substance Abuse in UK....................................................................................11
2.1.1 Types of Substance abuse in UK...............................................................12
2.1.2 Causes of Substance Abuse in UK............................................................13
2.1.3 Impacts of Substance Abuse in UK............................................................16
2.2 Professional help to prevent Substance Abuse in UK......................................18
2.2.1 Government-funded Rehabilitation centres...............................................19
2.2.2 Private Rehabilitation centres....................................................................20
2.2.3 Role of Charitable Rehabilitation centres...................................................23
2.3 Summary...........................................................................................................24

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Chapter 3: Research Methodology and Ethics...........................................................25
3.0 Overview...........................................................................................................25
3.1 Research Outline..............................................................................................25
3.2 Research Philosophy........................................................................................26
3.3 Research Approach..........................................................................................26
3.4 Research Design..............................................................................................27
3.5 Research Strategy............................................................................................28
3.6 Data Collection Process....................................................................................29
3.7 Data Analysis Process......................................................................................30
3.8 Ethical Consideration........................................................................................30
3.9 Accessibility Issues...........................................................................................31
3.10 Summary.........................................................................................................32
Chapter 4: Analysis of the Findings............................................................................33
4.0 Overview...........................................................................................................33
4.1 Theme 1: Impact of substance abuse on the society in UK.............................33
4.2 Theme 2: Comparison of government-funded rehabs with the private rehabs in
UK...........................................................................................................................34
4.3 Theme 3: challenges and success of the different rehabs...............................37
4.4 Summary...........................................................................................................38
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations..........................................................40
5.0 Overview...........................................................................................................40

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5.1 Conclusion........................................................................................................40
5.2 Recommendation..............................................................................................41
5.3 Scope of future research...................................................................................42
References.................................................................................................................43
Appendix.....................................................................................................................49

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Abstract
Drug abuse generally means misusage of constitutional and unconstitutional drugs which
covers alcohol, in a person’s daily life. There are different reasons that are researched over
the years regarding the consumption of drugs and its worst effects on people. Some people
take in drugs to achieve some relaxation while some consume it to achieve their right
temperament while others indulge in immense pressure to put up themselves into a particular
group. Health centres, emergency division as well as the rehabilitation centres are over
burdened with drug abuse cases continuously for a long period of time. The recent statistics
proves that the investment for the ailment program for the prolonged support and
uncontrollable drug obsessions scads over to £21 billion every year. The government
continuously provides different measures to take up control regarding this important issue
that consists of rehabilitation functions, counselling and also different treatments too, which
further aims to lessen the count of people from getting into the usage ofdrug abuse. Adding
up to the government financed rehabilitation amenties there aare several privately financed
rehabilitation centres as well who are also fighting to touch the same objective as of the
government financed rehab. This dissertation will therefore get deep into the details and see
into the statistics that if government funded rehabilitation centres helps the patients more
properly or the costly private rehabilitation centres takes good care of the patients as because
they ask for a very huge amount of money from the patients. This research evaluate the
various facilities provided by government financed rehabilitation centres as well as the
private rehabilitation centres provide to the drug abused person’s, along with suggesting
certain appropriate facilities and services and rehabs for the drug abused person’s apart from
the government financed and the private rehabs.

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.0 Overview
Substance exploitation adds up to the maltreatment of lawful and
unlawfuldrugs whichinvolves alcohol in the daily life. Itmajorly includes illegal things
like cocaine, heroin or ecstasy and even last stage of drugshowever; it certainly
includes drugs that are readily and easily available from the general medicine stores
with a prescription. There are manyreasons whichhave been studied over the
timewhich leads to the usage of medications and its injurious effect on people. Some
people takemedicines to chill out, some to achieveself-assurancewhereas some
people come under totalburden to get into a certain group. Substance
exploitationleads to hazardousnatural life of the addict as itputs a toll on their health,
and alsoin a danger of setback and damage. It correspondingly affects the health
and people of the close ones of the addict. It destroyswillpower thatis guided by
corporeal and emotionalaspects. When aindividualinitiatesdepending on a drug
matter, for he in his subconscious mind continues to think that taking such
drugscarry him a nous of comfort and peace or a sensation of joy, in such cases the
person is said to be psychically dependent particularly on that drugsubstance. While
in some cases when a person's body covets for a drug in particular to function
normally, this type of people is stated to be substantiallyin need ofthe particular drug
ormatter. Substance misuseaffects health hazardously and has an immense
harmfuleffect tothe social order.
Hospitals,rehabilitation centres and emergency sectors are strained with
drugexploitation situation for a continuous time which never stops. As per the
national statistics office, drug misuse and inclination to taking heroin has always

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been a developingproblem in the United Kingdom (UK) for a longperiod now.
Recentinformationreveal that thecost of thetreatment procedure for prolonged
support and unrestrained drug dependence sums to more than £21 billion each
consecutive year. The government kept on conducting many initiatives to fight
thisdispute that constitutes of reintegrationagendas, advising and ailments which
targets to lessen the quantity of individual involving in drug abuse. In contexttowards
basic government sponsoredrestorationamenities there are several privately
financedrestorationepicentres who are inconation to attain the commonobjective as
the administration financedreintegrationepicentres. It is evidentlycorrect that the
isolated rehabilitation isexpensive though it is correctly believed that intoxication can
harma person’slifecycle and all additional necessary stuffs that they holdclose to
themselves. There are considerable amount ofargumentsrelating to the ability of the
administration financed rehabs and the isolated rehabilitation centres as in
attendance of being chiliad of grievances includingappreciations for mutual of these
two.
1.1 problem statement
Restoration of drug exploitation proves to be a therapeutic or psychical
course of curativetreatment, whichproposes to reduce the addiction of individual who
are accustomed with prescript medicines, liquor, and back alley drugs such as
marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. The motive of rehabilitating matter or
drugmisuse sufferers is to force them to realise and face their obsession and
consequently to support them evademental, physical,communal,lawful and monetary
corollary that disturbs the addict. The rehabilitationorganisation are present all over
the place in United Kingdomembracesdifferentvarieties of ailments for preserving the

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drug or substance exploitationindividual like imposingmedicine for
lesseningunhappiness and other psychologicaldisarrays, specialistsinvestigating the
patients with their problems in clutches where the group associates give their
harshinvolvements of drug abuse.
In this research, the investigatortries hard to induce a relative study among the
administrationfinanced rehabilitation centres with the secluded ones. The
investigatorstruggles to discoverif the government sponsored rehabilitation
centres take optimum care and concern of the sufferers for administration
resources support themwith funds and guidelines while the secluded
rehabilitation centres have been a costly one, whichdelivers the totalattention
and candorto the patients. In a certaincase, the accountability of the
administration was for the people in worry;though, on the additionalside, the
constraint of the costlysecludedorganisations towards their patientsshows to
be extraadequatelem Statement
1.2 Research Aim
The purpose of this study or research is to find out whether the private rehabs
function better for the drug-abuse victims or is it the government financed rehabs
centres that takes outmost care of the patients.
1.3 Research Objective
The objectives are:
 to look into the matter and research upon the statistics that whether
government financed rehabilitation centers support and take care of the

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patients more precisely or the costly private rehabilitation centers take
optimum care of the patients for they indict extremely high that makes them
due to a better support and care
 To analyze the different facilities that Government financed rehabilitation
centers and the private rehabilitation centers provide to the drug-abused
victims..
 To suggest improvements to the rehab centres for drug abused patients.
1.4 Research Question
The considerable research questions of the study are:
 What is known as substance abuse and what is its impact in the UK?
 How do government-funded rehabilitation centers work to assists substance
abuse patients?
 How do private rehabilitation centers work.
 Whether government funded rehabilitation facility works better than a private
one?
1.5 Structure of the dissertation
The paper isdivided into five parts: a) introduction, b) the literature review c) d)
research methodology and ethics, e) analysis of the findings and f) the conclusion
and recommended suggestions.
The first chapter illustrates summary on the topic of rehabilitation centres for
drug-abused patients, along with a illustration on drug abuse and its brunt in brief.
The chapter consists ofthe research aims, objective and questions on which the
research would centre on.

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The Literature review of the dissertation would present a short illustration of
the topic with the problems related to it. It would state about the individual
rehabilitation amenities and their administration, their boon and bane, the special
services offered by them, their cost efficacy and other symbolic facts that are
mandatory to be illustrated for constituting a clear comparable survey about the
confidential and the governance funded rehabilitation centres.
Research procedure and criteria would help the analyser examine into the
entity using various methodology and exploration procedure for gathering data and
instruction, bear out the analysis and terminating the paper.
Inquiry the discoveries would support the researcher to inquiry the material
that is examined in the literature review portion by the help of the different research
techniques. The gathered information would be investigated by way of applying
purposeful investigation process and themes.
Lastly, the Conclusion and Recommendation section sums up the whole
paper and would strongly states the objective of the research. It confirms a firm
conclusive statement for the dissertation. In addition, it would try the level best to
provide particular recommendations for providing a better facility service or rehabs
centre for the drug-abused victims.
1.6 Summary
The research paper is about the comparative analysis between private
rehabilitation centre and the government financed centres, in context to drug abuse
in the United Kingdom. Drug abuse affects not just the individual and his family but
also has adversely impact on the society, both in terms of cultural, political and cost
effective scenario of the country. This chapter hence lays down a background of the

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research topic that consists of the aim and objectives of the research. To further add
in this chapter addresses the research problem and the research question along with
the coveted structure of the dissertation, which is significant to advance further in the
research work.