Where to Get Help and Support

Multi-disciplinary voluntary drug treatment service.  Services offered include:

• Advice, information and support around drugs, treatment and other health and social support services.
• Community prescribing programmes.
• One to one support interventions.
• Targeted and assertive Outreach Service.
• Needle Exchange Service and Blood Borne Virus Services.
• Basic health checks.

Tel: 020 8549 2681

Fax: 020 8547 0228

Tel: 020 8336 6170

Fax: 020 8942 9683

Drug Interventions Programme for individuals with substance misuse issues in contact with the Criminal Justice System.  Services offered include:

• Drug related advice, information, support and harm reduction interventions.
• One to one support.Support for service users on Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) or for service users identified as Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPO’s).
• Support for service users in custody, prison/those released from prison with substance misuse issues.

Tel: 020 8974 6902

Fax: 020 8547 1083

Multi-disciplinary statutory drug and alcohol service.  Services offered include:

• Assessment and care planning including complex needs
• Assessment and joint working with Mental Health Services for service users with dual diagnosis.
• Assessment and referral to in-patient detoxification, residential rehabilitation for 12 weeks o structured day programme or other community based services.
• Drug and alcohol related advice, information, support and harm reduction interventions.
• Community prescribing programmes and community based detoxification
• One to one support.Shared Care Service
  

Tel: 0203 513 2011

Fax: 020 3513 2015

How to access this service

Referrals from Primary Care.

Service specification

Low-intensity alcohol treatment service,

combining an assessment with an online

intervention for increasing and higher risk

drinkers (not dependent).

Tier(s) of service

Tier 2.

Locality covered/catchment area

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

Eligibility criteria inclusions:

• Registered with a GP in Kingston.
• Patients must be 18 or older.
• Score of 5 or more on AUDIT C alcohol screening tool and or score of 8 or more on AUDIT.
• Men drinking 21 or more units/women drinking 14 or more units a week.
• Must be willing to receive help with their drinking.

This service is only available to adults who are

registered with a GP in Kingston and referred

by their practice. The service will be a pilot

development until 2011.

Exclusions

• Severe alcohol dependency likely to require detox.
• Life-threatening physical complications of alcohol e.g. liver failure.
• Severe co-existing drug misuse.
• Severe co-existing mental health problems.

Treatment modalities and care programmes offered

• Assessment.
• Introduction to DYD Kingston website.
• DYD Kingston website contains the following components:
  • Motivational Interviewing.
  • Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CCBT).
  • Behavioural Self-Control.
    
• Advice on computer/internet access points in Kingston.
• Two follow-up phone calls (technical support).
• Follow-up assessment at 3 months.

How to refer clients

Referrals

Email (GP referral only): kin-pct.dyd@nhs.net

Referral form (GP referral only):

http://www.hubcapp.org.uk/files/documents/247.0.pdf

Tel: 020 8547 6004 (please leave a message) or text “drink” to 0794 927 8317. An alcohol advisor will return the call to book an appointment.

downyourdrink@kpct.nhs.uk

020 8339 8132
0796 759 2807

email: downyourdrink@kpct.nhs.uk

Address: NHS Kingston, 22 Hollyfield Road,Surbiton, Surrey KT5 9AL

Opening hrs: Assessment and Introduction appointments

9am – 5pm Monday to Friday

DYD Kingston Website

24hrs a day, everyday

www.dyd.kingston.nhs.uk

ASCA

Voluntary drug and alcohol treatment service.

Tel: 020 8339 9899

Fax: 020 8399 5639

Email: info@addictionsupport.co.uk

Website: www.addictionsupport.co.uk

Pharmacy needle exchange schemes are operational in the borough and are supervised by NHS Kingston.

Pharmacies participating in the needle exchange scheme are as follows:

1. Ace Pharmacy
   Chessington KT9 1DR
   Tel: 020 8397 4564
   
2. Coombe Pharmacy
   The Triangle KT1 3RU
   Tel: 020 8942 6765
   
3. PSM Pharmacy, Ewell Road,
   Tolworth KT6 7BB
   Tel: 020 8399 3165
   
4. Eagercare Pharmacy
   Surbiton Road KT1 2H6
   Tel: 020 8546 0372
   
5. Hawks Pharmacy
   Hawks Road KT1 3DG
   Tel: 020 8549 6298
   
6. Hermans Pharmacy, High St,
   New Malden KT3 4ET
   Tel: 020 8942 0581
   
7. Boots Pharmacy
   Union Street KT1 1RP
   
8. Newman Pharmacy
   Berrylands Road, Surbiton KT5 8QX
   Tel: 020 8390 2701
   
9. Ritechem Pharmacy
   Voctoria Road, Surbiton KT6 4JZ
   Tel: 020 8390 0630
   
10. Shan Pharmacy
    Ewell Road, Surbiton KT6 6HA
    Tel: 020 8399 8133

These pharmacies also offer access to a drug and alcohol health check as well as a Blood Borne Virus test.