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The Community of Communities is a standards based quality improvement
network for therapeutic communities based at the Royal College of
Psychiatrists' Centre for Quality Improvement.
The aim of the network is to improve standards and quality of
care, promote best practice and to link TCs with the wider
TC world. The standards are also useful in defining the nature and
the practices of TCs and in providing a common language which can aid
communication with other professionals and services. For further
information about the network and existing standards visit: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/crtu/centreforqualityimprovement/communityofcommunities.aspx
The Community of Communities for Addiction TCs is lead by the
advisory group, chaired by Rowdy Yates, Vice Chair of the EFTC and Senior
Research Fellow and facilitator of the Scottish Addiction Studies group in the
Department of Applied Social Science,
In order for the standards to more thoroughly represent the views and
practices of all addiction TCs we have embarked upon a period of
consultation. We have posted a set of standards to all communities that we
have listed and are asking for comments on the validity and relevance of
the standards to their work.
All addiction TCs should have received a copy of these standards and we
would ask that you return your comments by
Friday 20th October 2006.
If you have not received the standards and would like to comment on
them and/or you would like to join the network and pilot the
standards and review methods over the next few months then contact me
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Thank you for your help and support.
Deepa Shah
Project Worker
Communities of Communities
Standon House
4th Floor,
E1 8AA
Tel: 0044 (0)20 7977 6698
Fax: 0044 (0)20 7481 4831
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