Specialist Clinical Addiction Network

SCAN funding ceases from April 2011 (update to follow shortly)  

Dear SCAN members and affiliates,

It is with regret that we inform you that the Specialist Clinical Addiction Network will not receive funding from the National Treatment Agency beyond 31st March 2011. The NTA recently undertook a review of professional networks, which resulted in this decision. 

Unfortunately, this decision has significant impact and at short notice.  Some of the more immediate implications include being unable to run the Addiction Psychiatry Trainee meeting in June, or go ahead with the planned Spring issue of SCANbites.  We will continue to run the SCAN website as a portal for those seeking advice, support, and other resources.  Some relevant updating will be carried out over the coming days.  It will not be possible to provide other SCAN resources or initiatives at present. However we are exploring possible avenues to take forward some of the work SCAN has done in the future, and we will update you about this at the earliest opportunity. 

In the meantime, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your input, energy, hard work, and commitment to SCAN over the past seven years.  It has been our pleasure to work with you and we wish you well for the future. We will keep you updated on any future developments. 

Best wishes,

Colin Drummond, SCAN lead, and Amy Wolstenholme, SCAN coordinator

On behalf of the SCAN team 

SCAN website

The SCAN website will remain open for use as a portal, to ensure continuity for members and affiliates while future plans are developed. 

We will update these pages with any news relating to the future of the network, as and when available; however we will be unable to maintain all aspects of the website during this time.  We hope to resume communications soon.