Turning Point produces a range of publications, available below as downloadable pdfs. To order hard copies of publications please contact us.
Annual reports
Annual report 06/07 (101k)
Annual report 05/06 (1906k)
Annual report 04/05 (851k)
Annual report 03/04 (1004k)
Annual report 02/03 (917k)
Transforming health and social care - strategic plan 2007-12 (988k)
Our strategic vision 2002-07 (915k)
Turning 40: four decades of turning lives around and a vision for the future of social care. Turning Point celebrates its 40th anniversary, looking at our growth in the context of social change over the last four decades, and outlining our vision for social care services in the future. Published: Sept 2004. Turning 40 report (395k)
Campaign reports
At the Sharp End
At the Sharp End focuses on the prevalence of blood borne viruses, such as HIV and Hepatitis B and C among injecting drug users.
At the Sharp End report
Bottling it Up: The effects of alcohol misuse on children, parents and families
Report highlighting the devastating impact of parental alcohol misuse on families and calling for a government inquiry into this issue. Published May 2006.
Bottling it Up report (605k)| Bottling it Up executive summary (217k)| Bottling it up alcohol factsheet for families worried about alcohol misuse (186k).
Developing the evidence base: Young people with substance misuse problems - June 2005
Joint report by Turning Point and Addaction, supported by the Home Office. Published: January 2006. Developing the evidence base (685k)
Connected Care
A straight-forward guide to Turning Point's vision for providing connected care.
Published: December 2005. Connected Care booklet (356k)
The Crack Report
Report looking into the UKs growing crack misuse problem and the urgent need for more appropriate treatment services. Published: July 2005. The Crack Report | Protocol and good practice guidelines for working with crack users in generic substance misuse services.
The Crack Report: Wales
Report focusing on the growing crack misuse problem in Wales and the urgent need for more appropriate treatment services. Published: August 2005. The Crack Report - Wales (bilingual) (1398k) | Protocols and good practice guidelines - Wales (bilingual) (347k)
Khat use in Somali, Ethiopian and Yemeni Communities in England: Issues and Solutions
A Turning Point research report funded by the Home Office. Published: 2004. Khat research report
Hidden Lives: improving life chances of people with a learning disability
Report looking at how to improve life chances of people with a learning disability. Published: November 2004 Hidden lives report (783k) | Hidden lives easy read version (295k)
Routes into treatment: drugs and crime
Published: June 2004. Routes into treatment report (365k)
Meeting complex needs: the future of social care
A joint report between Turning Point and IPPR presenting a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Published: 2004 Meeting complex needs report (624k) | Meeting complex needs: Executive summary (563k)
Time to move on
A report into moving people with learning disability on from longstay hospitals. Published: 2003.
Time to move on report (526k) | Time to move on: easy read version (178k)
Getting it right for young people
Turning Point's vision for young people's social care. Published: 2003.
Getting it right for young people report (573k)
Waiting for change
A report into the barriers alcohol dependent drinkers face when trying to access treatment services. Published: 2003 Waiting for change report (391k)
Policy publications
A Personal Approach to Public Services
Turning Point has joined forces with Dr Foster Intelligence to write ‘A Personal Approach to Public Services’, a new report which claims that world class public services can be provided without structural reform or significant additional resources or costs.
Download the pdf (1.6mb)
Dual Diagnosis Good Practice Handbook
The Dual Diagnosis Good Practice Handbook contains 56 pages of practical information designed to help practitioners and those involved in service design to learn from, and apply, good practice in dual diagnosis.
Download a pdf copy (383k)
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Dual diagnosis toolkit: mental health and substance misuse
Produced in partnership by Turning Point and Rethink, this is a practical guide and reference source for frontline staff working with adult clients who have a combination of substance misuse and mental health problems. Published: Aug 2004. Dual diagnosis toolkit (663k) Accompanying materials are also available to download from www.rethink.org/dualdiagnosis.
Briefing: Mainstreaming the drugs strategy (107k)
Guidance on supporting Complex Needs
A practical guide for support staff working with people with a learning disability who have mental health needs. Supporting Complex Needs Guide (600k)
Guidance for Commissioners on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service
Turning Point was funded by the Department of Health to produce guidance for commissioners on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service. Local authorities and NHS trusts have a statutory duty to instruct IMCAs from April 2007.Published October 2006. Guidance for Commissioners on the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service (422k)
Research reports
Alcohol consultation with young people in England
A consultation led by Turning Point’s Hungerford Project and funded by Comic Relief. Published:2004
Full report (202k) | Executive summary (285k)
Evaluating Turning Point’s mental health outreach projects in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire
An independent piece of research by Prof. Shulamit Ramon of Anglia Polytechnic University. Published: June 2004. Full report (502k)