The fight against drugs in Oxfordshire is focused on treatment. The drug abuse problem in both urban and rural areas is being tackled jointly by the Drug Action Team and other bodies in the statutory and voluntary sectors working together.
Mike Trace, the Deputy UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator speaking at the Oxford Drug Action Team Annual Conference emphasised the need to forge a partnership approach to tackle the problem of drugs misuse. 

Initiatives for joint working across boundaries will be eligible for funds from the Invest to Save Budget in 2000/2001. The Treasury is now inviting bids for the 45 million pound budget. Bids will only be accepted if two or more public bodies make a joint submission. The last bidding round was restricted to central government departments, but the current invitation has gone to all public sector organisations including local government and the health service. 

Donnelly M
Managing Service Quality, (UK), 1999 Vol 9 No 1. Start page: 47 . No of pages: 6
Examines responses to quality initiatives in the UK public sector and points to a change in outlook since the election of a Labour government in 1997; briefly outlines the ‘Best Value’ approach to which public sector organizations are now supposed to work. Discusses the aims of public-sector services which have broader societal aims than just direct service provision.