The Thames Valley Liaison and Diversion service has teams in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and it aims to identify vulnerabilities in people going through the criminal justice system, and to do so early on. It also assesses people and provides referral and support to help them towards the right treatment, helping to improve their health and reduce social care needs and offending rates.

The service began in 1991, and it has already been recognised as a ‘pathfinder’ service for the development of a nationwide liaison and diversion model.