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ANNEX 3. STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS

Focus groups

Two focus groups of service users active in user involvement work were held on 18 March 2009.

A total of 16 volunteers attended.

  • Five were members of the SDF national UI group.
  • Four were members of two of SDF's regional UI groups.
  • One had previously been involved with an SDFUI group.
  • Six were active in UI work, but not through SDF groups. Of these six, 5 were from an organisation which was a member of SDF.

Number

Category

Name

Organisation

1

SG

Isabel McNab

Scottish Government

2

SDF

Dave Liddell

Scottish Drugs Forum

3

SG

Joe Griffin

Scottish Government

4

SG

Ria Din

Scottish Government

5

ADAT

Stevie Lydon

Greater Glasgow ADAT/User Involvement Partnership

6

SDF

Ken Butler

Scottish Drugs Forum

7

SG

Karen McGuigan

Scottish Government

8

SG

Sandra Wallace

Scottish Government

9

VCS drugs

Craig Winter

Turning Point Scotland

10

Academic

Avril Taylor

University of West of Scotland

11

Academic

Catriona Matheson

Aberdeen University

12

VCS drugs

George Hunter

Drugs Crisis Centre, Glasgow

13

ADAT

Leon Wylie

SAADAT

14

VCS other

Simon Bradstreet

Recovery Network

15

VCS umbrella

Eilidh Chalmers

Lloyds TSB Drug & Alcohol Programme

16

VCS umbrella

Elaine Wilson

Lloyds TSB Drug & Alcohol Programme

17

VCS other

Laura McFadzean

Alcohol Focus/Greater Glasgow User Involvement Partnership

18

SPS

Stephen Heller-Murphy

Scottish Prison Service

19

Academic

Marion Logan

Glasgow University

20

VCS drugs

Marina Clayton

Re-Solv

21

VCS drugs

John Arthur

Crew 2000

22

UK

Martin Barnes

Drugscope/ UKACMD

23

CJ

Aidan McCorry

Apex Scotland

24

Academic

Richard Hammersley

Glasgow Caledonian University

25

Academic

Neil McKeganey

Glasgow University

26

SPS

Ruth Parker

Scottish Prison Service

27

VCS drugs

Joy Barlow

STRADA

28

CJ

Gillian Oghene

West Lothian Social Work

29

ADAT

Vered Hopkins

Tayside ADAT

30

CJ

Bernadette Monaghan

Apex Scotland

31

SDF

Gordon Armour

Scottish Drugs Forum

32

SG

Mary Cuthbert

Scottish Government

33

SDF

Anne Thompson

Scottish Drugs Forum

34

SDF

James Egan

SDF (leaving)

35

SDF

Megan Ross

SDF (left December 2008)

36

SDF

Graeme McArthur

SDF (retired) Former East Regional Manager

37

NHS

Dr Roy Robertson

GP Muirhouse practice

38

Police

Dave Smith

Grampian Police

39

VCS drugs

Eleanor Robertson

SNAFAD

40

ADAT

Mike McCarron

Formerly SAADAT

41

NHS

Richard Simpson

GP, MSP

42

VCS other

Robert Aldridge

Scottish Council for Single Homeless

43

SDF

Jane Jay

SDF Board

44

UK

Sara McGrail

Independent consultant

45

NHS

Neil Hunter

Glasgow Addiction Service

46

ADAT

Maggie Watts

Chair Ayrshire ADAT

47

ADAT

Dr Brian Kidd

Chair Dundee City ADAT

48

NHS

Saket Priyardashi

Glasgow Addictions Service

49

Police

Patrick Shearer

Dumfries & Galloway (& Chair of ADAT)

50

Police

Willie McColl

SCDEA

51

SDF

Biba Brand

SDF

52

SDF

Susan Dean

SDF

53

ADAT

Jim Parker

Dumfries & Galloway ADAT

54

ADAT

Rita Keyte

NHS Fife ADAT

55

ADAT

Valerie Tallon

Lanarkshire ADAT

56

ADAT

Ian Smillie

Perth & Kinross ADAT (user involvement)

57

VCS other

Charlie McMillan

SAMH

58

SG

Carole Ross

SG

59

SG

Karen Jackson

SG

60

VCS drugs

Mike Burns

CAIR Scotland

61

VCS drugs

Ingrid Hainey

CAIR Scotland

62

SG

Donna McKinnon

Scottish Government

63

ADAT

Suzy Calder

Highland ADAT

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