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What you can do and where to get Help and Information

The NHS Direct provide a lot of information and help for drink problems, drink spiking, and drug misuse. Please find the links to the NHS Direct information at the bottom of this page.

What Kingston Council and partners are doing

The Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) is a multi agency partnership. The DAAT is responsible for commissioning services to deliver the 'National Drugs Strategy - 'Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain' at a local level, ensuring a multi-agency approach to drug and alcohol work in the borough.

In Kingston the membership of the DAATincludes representatives from the following agencies:

• Police
• Probation
• Primary Care Trust
• Housing
• Youth Support Services
• Education
• General Practitioner
• Health Services
• Drug and Alcohol Services

The DAAT aims to ensure that residents of the borough who are drug users and those who are family/mentors of drug users have access to good quality information, advice and support services. We also want to make sure that our young people are educated and made aware of the issues and problems around drugsand alcohol and can access support if required.

Our services are all being developed in line with guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Information, Advice and Support Services

• Frank is a free 24 hour confidential helpline to support young people, adults, parents and carers who areconcerned about drugs and/or alcohol. Frank is available at the end of the phone (0800 77 66 00) or visit the website Talk to Frank.

Kingston Council offer many different services and types of support for people with drug and alcohol problems including:

• Young people. ID: Information Dealers: If youare under 19 and need information,advice and/or support in relation to drugs, alcohol and/or smoking contact the team by
  
  Text or telephone on 0786 753 6967
  Email: id@rbk.kingston.gov.uk;
   
• Adult Services. Community Care Services for all kinds of support
  
  Email: community.care@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
   
• Kingston Community Drug and Alcohol Team (CDAT) is a Multi-disciplinary Team offering a wide range of Services as a provider e.g. Stabilisation on Methadone, Home detoxification, with intensive support (using Buprenorphine for opiates and Librium for alcohol detoxification) Supportive counselling, follow up and relapse prevention. CDAT is also responsible for referring complex clients to Inpatient detoxification unit and purchasing individually tailored Residential and Day care packages under the NHS and the Community Care Act 1990. Contact the Community Drug and Alcohol Team using our online form.
  If you would like to speak to someone in person for more information you can find us at:
  
  CDAT
  204 Acre Road
  Kingston
  KT2 6EW
  
  Telephone: 020 8549 9279;
  Email:cdat@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
  Online: Use the Online Contact form, linked at the end of the page to contact the Community Drug and Alcohol Team
   
• Kaleidoscope Project. Kaleidoscope providesa range of servicesto support people with drug and alcohol problems. Servicesavailable include needle exchange, substitute prescribing, testing and vaccination for Bloodborne Viruses, overdose prevention, primary healthcare services, dual diagnosis service and outreach services. If you think you might need support or want to find out more contact us at:
  
  Kaleidoscope Project
  28-46 Cromwell Road
  Kingston upon Thames
  
  Telephone:  0208 549 2681.