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If you are worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can seek confidential information, advice and counselling. Your Doctor can tell you what services are available in your area or you can contact the services directly or find them via the NHS web site.
What you can do if you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drug addiction?
The risks of taking illegal drugs will vary depending on the person taking them and the actual chemical content of the drug. The manufacturing of illegal drugs means that there are no safety controls over what substances are used to make up the drug. These conditions increase the risks to the drug user.
The Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) is a partnership of organisations that works to co-ordinate and implement the National Drug Strategy in the County of Cheshire.
These organisations offer the following services:
- counselling, advice and support for people affected by prescribed or illicit drugs
- support and counselling for families, friends and colleagues of people who have a drug related problem;
- needle and syringe exchange;
- support for you through your GP if prescribing is going to be helpful in dealing with your drug problem;
- community detoxification programmes and in-patient detox if appropriate;
- support from other agencies who advise people with drug related problems;
- education and training about drugs issues;
- alternative therapies
Central Cheshire Alcohol Services
Contact Details: Suite 8, Breeden House, Edleston Road, Crewe, CW2 7EA, Tel: 01270 580243
Services Offered: Alcohol advice, information and counselling and access to detoxification
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open – referrals accepted from self, relatives or health or other professionals
ARCH Initiatives
Contact Details: Headquarters, 45 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington, WA1 1PG, Tel: 01925 653261
Services Offered: Structured Day Care in Cheshire (in association with Turning Point,
Young Person Service: No
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open. Referrals can be made by self, Community Drug teams, Arrest Referral, Probation (DTTOs)
Addaction
Contact Details: Crewe: 01270 252515, Macclesfield: 01625 443253, Chester: 01244 624088
Services Offered: Counselling and Structured Day Care
Young Person Service: No
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open. Referrals can be made by self, Community Drug teams, Arrest Referral, Probation (DTTOs)
East Cheshire Drug Service, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Details: The Barnabas Centre, Bridge House, 15 Brook Street, Macclesfield. SK11 7AA
Tel: 01625 422100; Fax: 01625 669204
Services Offered: Advice and information, Specialist Drug Treatment Services including day, evening, satellite and GP shared care clinics. Harm Reduction Service with needle exchange, blood borne virus testing, immunisation and drop-in. Community detoxification programs, Drug Free clinic and support, assessment and referral for residential detoxification and rehabilitation programs.
Young Person Service: Yes
East Cheshire Young Persons Drug and Alcohol Service, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Details: 07799 797949 for advice
Operated separately for young people aged 13 years to 18 years who use alcohol and/or drugs regularly.
Method of Referral/Acceptance for both services: Open referral to anyone residing in and under the care of a GP within the East Cheshire area.
Chester and Ellesmere Port Community Alcohol Service,
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
Contact Details: Aqua House, Chapel Street, Boughton, Chester, CH3 5AE, Tel: 01244 347087 fax: 01244 350918
Unity House, York Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 0DB, Tel: 0151 348 8270 Fax: 0151 348 8271 Services Offered: Advice and information, counselling, telephone counselling, support group, training and education
Young Persons Service: No
Method of referral/ acceptance: Willing to accept help and address alcohol problem
Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston Community Drug Service
Contact Details: Aqua House, 51 Boughton, Chester CH3, Tel: 01244 344999
Services Offered: Specialist drug treatment, community detox, HIV prevention, prescribing services, health assessments, advice and information, needle and syringe exchange, Women only service.
Young Persons Service: Yes
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open
East Cheshire Alcohol Service (referring to the Priory Unit as the residential service)
Contact Details: Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, 2nd Floor George Street House, George Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire. SK11 6HS. Tel: 01625 443203.
Services offered: Community Alcohol Team. Assessment and brief interventions. Structured treatment programmes. Relapse prevention. Client focussed education and support groups. Relative support. Telephone advice. Self referrals accepted, and referrals also via GP/other agencies with the agreement of the patient. Services operated throughout East Cheshire localities and at some GP Practices.
Parents Against Drug Abuse
Contact Details: 12 – 14 Church Parade, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 2ER, Tel: 0151 356 1996
Services Offered: Support advice and information for the parents and families of drug misusers. 24 hour helpline: 08457 023 867.
Young Persons Service: No
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open.
Central Cheshire Drug Service
Contact Details: Catherine House, Eaton Street, Crewe CW2 7EG, Tel: 01270 216118
Services Offered: Drop-in service at Winsford and Northwich site, GP liaison, methadone prescribing, specialist prescribing clinic, needle and syringe exchange, counselling, HIV/pregnancy testing, holistic health care advice, alternative therapies, women’s clinic, Drug Treatment and Testing Orders.
Young Persons Service: Yes.
Method of referral/ acceptance: Open
Turning Point
Contact Details: 27 Hoole Road, Chester, CH2 3NH, Tel: 01244 314320
Services Offered: Information and advice, individual counselling, group work, structured programmes, residential drug and alcohol detox projects
Young Persons Service: No
Method of referral/acceptance: Each case judged on own merits
Drug Intervention Service Cheshire (DISC)
Contact Details: Macclesfield Locality: Vashti Marriott 0790 005 2873
Congleton Locality: Martin McLean 0788 411 5131
Chester Locality: Ian Johnston 0790 989 5331
Ellesmere Port: Charlie (Charlotte) Morris 0788 411 5132
Crewe/Nantwich Locality: Charlie (Sharlene) Lynch 0790 989 5351
Vale Royal Locality: Mike Ridsdale 0779 661 1231
Services Offered: Information, one to one support and advice are available through DISC Young People workers
Method of referral/acceptance: Self
Connexions
Contact Details: Macclesfield: 01625 616589, Northwich: 01606 331515, Congleton: 01260 276116, Crewe: 01270 251002, Winsford: 01606 862213, Chester: 01244 389200, Ellesmere Port: 0151 355 7135
Services Offered: Connexions Personal Advisors provide information, support and advice about drugs and alcohol.
Method of referral/acceptance: Self
Youth Offending Team
Contact Details: East Cheshire: 01625 660500, Central Cheshire: 01244 615300, West Cheshire: 01244 615500
Services Offered: Young people in contact with the Cheshire Youth Offending Team can access support and advice from specialist substance misuse workers.
Method of referral/acceptance: Courts and Police
The following national organisations help those who have a problem related to illegal drugs or volatile substances.
UK National Drugs Helpline: 0800 77 66 00
The National Drugs Helpline is a 24-hour, seven-days a week, free and confidential telephone service that offers advice and information for those who are concerned, or have questions, about drugs. The service is available to anyone.
Re-Solv Helpline (volatile substance misuse): 0808 800 2345
Telephone enquiry service for anyone concerned about solvents or volatile substance abuse problems.
Supporting People aims to enable people with housing related support needs to live independently
Talk to FRANK
For free confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day
Tackling Drugs
A cross-government national drug strategy website for drug prevention and treatment professionals and others interested in the drug strategy.
Department of Health - Substance Misuse
Information about preventing, treating and identifying cases of substance misuse, for health professionals, parents and young people. |
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