Wiltshire and Swindon local drug intelligence and alert process

Stage 1: Receiving intelligence

Responsibility: the individual submitting the Local Drug Information Systems (LDIS) form: LDIS reporting form June 2024 (PDF, 139 KB)(opens new window)

Action: Complete LDIS reporting form and send to the appropriate area team's out of hours contact (see our Appendices page for Wiltshire and Swindon out of hours contacts).

Please make sure you call the telephone numbers listed in the appropriate area out of hours contacts teams to notify them that an LDIS form has been submitted.

Stages 2 and 3: Assess and respond to intelligence

Responsibility: out of hours colleagues.

Action: there is an expectation that managers within each of the out of hours organisations, in the respective local authority areas, take appropriate action based on the information contained within the LDIS form to make their staff aware. Communication to service users/clients should only happen once the intelligence has been assessed and graded by the LDIS panel. 

The completed LDIS form should not be circulated with the wider LDIS distribution list until agreed by the LDIS panel. An LDIS panel will not be convened to assess and grade the intelligence out of hours, however if the matter is deemed urgent by either Wiltshire Police, Great Western Hospital or South-West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust and cannot wait until in hours, either agency may initiate the Op Link process using their organisations mechanisms.

If the matter is not deemed to be urgent, no further action is required from out of hours colleagues. The Wiltshire Public Health team or Swindon Borough Council Public Health team will convene an LDIS panel at the earliest convenience in hours to review and assess the intelligence and agree whether any further actions are required.