The census provides comprehensive workforce data across treatment providers, local authority (LA) commissioners and lived experience recovery organisations (LEROs).

Health Education England (HEE) commissioned the NHS Benchmarking Network to conduct a Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services National Workforce Census, looking at the workforce as of 30 June 2022. This is the first time this information has been gathered on this scale and subsequent reports are planned for later in 2023 and 2024 respectively. The report analysed data across the following sectors:

• Local Authority (LA) Delivered Treatment Workforce
• Local Authority (LA) Delivered Treatment and Commissioned Workforce
• Local Authority (LA) Delivered Commissioning Workforce
• Independent/ Private
• NHS
• Volunteer Sector
• Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO)