UK; EAST ANGLIA
 
Community Alcohol and Drug Service
52a Deneside
Great Yarmouth NR30 2HL
Contact person: PENNY McVEIGH
Phone: +44-1603-767093
Fax: +44-1493-857249
East Anglia
Community Drug Team, St Nicholas House
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
Huntington
Phone: +44-1480-456131 / 3383
Cambridge
East Anglia
Cambridge drug and Alcohol service
The Mill House, Brookfields Hospital
The centre employs professionals of which 1 doctor, 14 nurses, 3 psychiatrists, 2 social workers, 3 administrators and 1 manager.
Treatment philosophy is based upon harm reduction offering detoxification and maintenance programmes. The average dose of methadone prescribed is 40 mg.
Currently the centre treats 584 patients, with no maximum capacity.
The waiting list is approximately 2 weeks.
 
The centre offers:
- medical care
- social assistance
- other medication
- psychiatric care
- psycho-therapy
 
The centre demands:
- urine checks
- mandatory meetings with social work
Non-attendance and violence can get patients expelled from treatment.
 
The centre does not have the possibility to provide methadone to patients who receive methadone in another city/region who are visiting their region.
 
The work of the service includes alcohol problems.
Address:
Cambridge drug and Alcohol service
351 Mill Road
Cambridge CB1 3DF
Phone: +44-1223-723020
Fax: +44-1223-723040
East Anglia
Contact person: Carol Robertson

Opening hours from monday-friday between 09.00-17.00h.

Norcas Community Alcohol and Drug Service
 
The centre employs professionals of which 1 doctor, 1 psychiatrist, 3 nurses, 1 social worker, 7 counsellors/outreach workers, 2 administrators and 1 manager.
Treatment philosophy is based upon harm reduction offering detoxification and maintenance programs. The average dose of methadone prescribed is 60-80 mg.
Currently the centre treats 130 patients, with a maximum capacity of 130 patients.
There is no maximum duration of treatment and no waiting list.
 
The centre offers:
- medical care
- social assistance
- other medication
- psychiatric care
- psycho-therapy
- Outreach work and needle exchange, counselling, drop-in, problem liaison shared care, inpatient detox.
 
The centre also has ongoing shared care with GP’s and pharmacists. Treatment options are variable depending on the client symptom.
 
The centre demands:
- daily attendance
- urine checks
- variable contracting
 
Non-attendance, dealing/selling medication and violence can get patients expelled from treatment.
 
The centre does not have the possibility to provide methadone to patients who receive methadone in another city/region who are visiting their region.
 
Patients who want to come on a permanent basis are accepted for treatment if they have confirmation by another centre.
 
Address:
Norcas community Alcohol and Drug Service
59 Noth Quay
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk England
Phone: +44-1493-857249
Fax: +44-1493-857151
Hours of opening: from 9.00 till 17.00 hours and Wednesday from 9.00 till 21.00 hours
Contact person :Mr. RICHARD HOLGATE (manager)
East Suffolk Community Drug Team
 
The centre employs 16 professionals of which 3 doctors, 5 nurses, 2 social workers, 1 educator, 2 volunteers, 3 administrators and 2 managers.
Treatment philosophy is based upon harm reduction offering detoxification, HIV and Hepatitis risk reduction and maintenance programs. The average dose of methadone prescribed is 50 mg.
Currently the centre treats 120 patients.
There is no maximum duration of treatment and a waiting list of 4-6 weeks.
 
The centre offers:
- medical care
- social assistance
- other medication
- psycho-therapy
- referral to residential detox and rehabilitation
 
The centre has links with other centres, GP’s, pharmacies and outreach services for young people and people in the sex industry, besides that they have Clean group monitoring clinics for clients who are stable.
 
The centre demands:
- urine checks
- mandatory meetings with key workers
 
Non-attendance, relapse, prescription forgery and violence can get patients expelled from treatment.
 
Procedures for taking patients for a short time:
The centre should be informed beforehand by phone, letter or fax.
The information necessary is:
- identity
- treatment history
- dose and period for which methadone is requested
- references where information can be checked
 
When visiting the patient has to bring a letter from his doctor.
There are no costs involved.
 
If patients want to enter the program on a permanent basis the procedures are no different except that an assessment has to be made as well as allocation to a key worker.
 
Address:
East Suffolk Community drug Team
37 Berners street
Ipswich
Suffolk IP1 3LN
Phone: +44-1473-236069
Fax: +44-1473-289634
Hours of opening: Monday till Friday from 9.00 till 17.00 hours and Tuesday from 17.00 till 19.00 hours and Thursday from 17.00 till 20.00 hours
Contact person: Ms BIM WEBB (manager), Mrs. RACHEL STAMMERS (assistant manager) and Mrs. JANET DYDE (administrator)
West Suffolk Drug Advisory Service
 
The centre employs 2 doctors, 5 nurses, 1 social worker, 1educator, administrators.
Treatment philosophy of this centre is detoxification, maintenance, harm reduction and stabilisation for assessment. The average dose of methadone prescribed is 70 mg.
 
Currently the centre treats 70 patients, GPs prescribe also for 104 patients, with a maximum capacity of 70 patients. The waiting list is up to one month.
 
The centre offers:
- medical care
- social assistance
- other medication
- psychiatric care
- psycho-therapy
- recaps for re-socialisation
 
The centre demands:
- urine checks
- attendance at appointments
 
Non-attendance, violence or double scripting can get patient expelled from treatment.
 
Procedures for taking patient for a short period of time. The centre should be informed beforehand by fax or letter.
The information necessary is:
- identity
- treatment history
- dose
- references where information can be checked
- period for which methadone is requested
 
There are no costs involved.
 
Procedures for patients who want to enter the programme on a permanent basis are first, registering with a local GP who should then make the referral to them.
 
Address:
Blomfield House, Looms Lane
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 1HE
Phone: +44-1284-775275
Fax: +44-1284-775248 / 775254
Contact person: ALAN STAFF
Hours of opening: Monday till Friday from 9.00 till 17.00 hours