Halo - Substance Misuse Case Management Database

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Halo Drug and Alcohol Case Management System
for 2025

Halo is the complete case management tool for Substance Misuse services in the UK. The software includes all the tools you need to manage everything from the first call, through assessments to care plans.

Halo supports NDTMS CDS-R and has been a leading innovator in this sector since 2004.

A digital dashboard displaying a caseload management system for drug impact pathways, showing client names, team assignments, risk levels with color codes, and alert tags for each case, with navigational and filtering options at the top.

Caseload Managed

The caseload manager is the centrepoint for workers.

They can view the status of key cases, upcoming alerts and risk flags.

The rocket button gives you access to instant messages, quick forms and activity journals.

Halo follows your clients’ data journey

Halo tracks your clients’ entire data journey in a unified, audit-ready timeline, while being fully customisable to match your forms, processes, assessments, and KPIs with automated processes and real-time dashboards.

Hayley - Dorset

“I just wanted to say thank you so much for this it is great. I have just used it to get the information for a domestic homicide review and it was almost instant.”

Kristal - Devon

“We had to use the Subject Access Request module last week for a couple of clients and it was great! It saved us a huge amount of time.”

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Form Follows Function

You have built your process to assess needs and deliver interventions to your client. Halo forms are designed to match your existing forms and process. You can update the form fields to meet evolving requirements. All your data fields are available in the reporting and DataStream modules.

Substance Misuse Forms

We have a wide range standard substance misuse forms including:

Referral

Assessment

Risk Assessment and Management

NDTMS data fields

Combined Review Form (CIR/TOP)

Case notes

Alerts

Alerts can be configured to your needs and local SLA

Referral alert

Post referral follow up

Monthly Risk Assessment

CRF

Team Formsets

Teams can be assigned specialist formsets

Advice and Information

Adult

Children and Young People

Residential

Standard Modules

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  • One click to event journals
    Colour coded timed alerts
    One click to add a contact
    Click alerts to open forms for action
    Filter records by Team or Worker
    Filter for clients or alert type

  • Links victims and perpetrators
    Clearly see links between family groups and identify risks
    Instantly filter by new and active cases, or by victims or perpetrators

  • Record all contacts for helpline, drop-in and outreach
    Refer people into treatment at the click of a button
    View all contacts made by a single individual
    Search and filter to find historic contacts

  • Visually monitor changes in your client progress and well being
    We can configure any star such as Recovery Star or Work Star
    Filter layers to compare results across time

  • Book one-to-one or group sessions
    Display clinics by worker, locality or purpose
    Recur clinics on weekly or monthly basis
    Easily manage groups eg attendance, notes
    All notes cascade to client’s file

  • Aggregate reporting with a single click
    Filter raw data
    Sort across multiple columns
    Create graphs across multiple series
    Report on demographic data
    Report on worker processes

  • View data for one episode or complete client history
    Global event journal shows all client events
    Easy filtering to view specific events

  • Add notes to help identify key files
    Upload any file type (drag and drop feature)
    Document purpose list to show document type

Halo DataStream sends data to your reporting repository

Halo System Sizes

  • Small 5 - 9 users

    Standard Halo Modules
    Standard SMS formset
    2 custom forms
    Standard SMS Alerts

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  • Medium 10-30 users

    Enhanced Halo Modules
    Standard SMS formset
    8 custom forms
    Custom SMS Alerts

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  • Large 31 users +

    Advanced Halo Modules
    Standard SMS formset
    8 custom forms
    Custom SMS Alerts

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Simple Steps

  • Discovery call

  • System demo

  • Design your Halo system

  • Quote

  • Contract

  • Data migration

  • Training

  • Launch

Let’s set up a discovery call