Clinical Care Standard 5: Monitoring treatment progress and outcomes This guide outlines an approach to reviews and monitoring treatment outcomes that is collaborative, strength-based and trauma informed. Download practice tips [PDF].
AOD Awards for the NSW Non-government Sector
Nominations are open!NADA invites nominations for the 2025 AOD Awards for the NSW Non-government Sector. The awards acknowledge the significant contribution of the sector in preventing and reducing alcohol and other drug related harms across NSW communities through leadership, innovative program design and delivery, and workforce dedication. Visit the conference website to learn more
Worksheet: Substance use planning safety tool
When life happens and events challenge our equilibrium, it can be harder to stick to our goals and easier to default to well-known ways of coping or managing situations. One way of coping may be to use substances as the default response. It can be due to a build-up of stressors, feelings and situations that […]
NADA Conference 2025: Strength in Community – Abstracts extended to 14 February
Abstracts are closed. To learn more about the conference, head to the conference website. 5-6 June, ICC SydneyNADA invites abstract submissions for oral presentations, workshops, symposium and poster presentations for the NADA Conference 2025. This is an opportunity for you to showcase your innovative practice or research. We encourage workers and services across all sectors […]
Media release: Urgent action needed following drug summit
The following joint statement is from the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Network (ADARRN), ACON, the NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA), and the Network of Alcoholand Other Drugs Agencies (NADA). 6 December 2024As organisations and leaders in alcohol and other drug (AOD) services and supporting communities, we call on the NSW Government to […]
In the news: NSW Drug Summit must be more than a talkfest – action is needed
This week’s New South Wales Drug Summit, held in Sydney over two days, presents a critical opportunity to revolutionise the state’s harmful drug policy. The current approach has failed to deliver positive health outcomes and has reached its use-by date. The state is on the precipice of meaningful drug and alcohol reform, but we cannot […]
In the news: NSW drug summit an opportunity for new government strategy to address risks of drug harm, experts say
By Sam Nichols and Joseph Hathaway-WilsonABC News “The workforce is tired,” added Robert Stirling, chief executive of Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA), the body representing NSW’s non-government alcohol and other drug services. “We do a lot on a little, and it feels like we’re going backwards.” A different kind of strategy, Dr […]
In the news: No time for platitudes: NSW Drug Summit
By Laura WoodrowThe Medical Republic ‘My chief concern is that we will see a repeat of the NSW Ice Inquiry, where a report is drafted, handed down, but reform does not eventuate,’ says Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies CEO. Advocates are looking for evidence of concrete policy change, real improvements and transparency over […]
In the news: Call for real reform at drug summit
By Michael McGowan and Max MaddisonThe Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 2024 It was 25 years ago that Annie Madden stood up inside NSW parliament and told the gathering of hundreds of MPs, police, reform advocates and academics at Bob Carr’s drug summit that ‘‘discrimination is killing us’’. Read the full story [$]
Media release: New data from peak body shows huge waitlist for alcohol and drug treatment, calls for action at Sydney drug summit
3 December 2024The Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) has released new waitlist data for individuals looking to access alcohol and other drug (AOD) services provided by NGOs.On any given day during the week of 23–27 September 2024, 1,819 people were on waitlists for NGO-provided AOD treatment services. This number climbs to 2,667 […]
