Findings of NTA survey
NTA survey in 2005 found the most effective service was up to 7 times better than the worst. Another study found some residential providers retaining 92 per cent of their clients till the end of their treatment, while others managed just 3 per cent.
P Meier et al, ‘A national survey of retention in residential rehabilitation services’, NTA Research Report 10.
The rehabilitation centres that retain their clients best have fewer beds, more single rooms, a better ratio of staff to residents, fewer chores, more individual counselling and less group therapy.