NHS Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service (Dumfries & Galloway)
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| Service Details | Service Information |
|---|---|
| Service name | NHS Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service (Dumfries & Galloway) |
| Address |
Lochfield Road Primary Care Centre 12-28 Lochfield Road |
| Town | Dumfries |
| Postcode | DG2 9BH |
| Telephone number | 01387 244555 |
| Fax number | n/a |
| Website | www.nhsdg.scot.nhs.uk |
| Health board area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Local authority area | Dumfries And Galloway |
| Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) area | Dumfries And Galloway |
| Catchment Area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Type of service | Statutory |
| If other has been selected, please specify | NHS substance use disorder service |
| Nature of service | Community Based |
| Referrals | Any Agency, Self Referral, GP, Health Professional, Social Work, Court |
| Client access (please select all that apply) | 18+, Non-gender specific |
| Service Access | |
| Opening days and times |
Monday:
8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Wednesday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Thursday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Friday: 8.30am - 4.00pm Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed |
| Service access | By Appointment, Home Visits, Contact Address Required |
| Advice and information | Yes |
| Counselling | Yes |
| Counselling options | One-to-One, Motivational Interview |
| Detoxification as part of the service | Yes |
| Detoxification options | Home Based Detox, Outpatient Detox, In-Patient/In-House Detox |
| Mental health service | |
| Mental health: does your service provide mental health support and advice? | Yes |
| Mental health support options | As part of the service, Joint working with relevant agencies, By referral to specialist unit |
| Mental health support option types | Depression, Anxiety/Phobic disorder, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Self Harming, Eating Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, Personality disorder |
| Mental health interventions | Yes |
| Mental health intervention options | Assessment tool to identify mental health problems for drug users, Suicide risk assessment/prevention, Brief Interventions, Stepped care model for pyschological therapies, Dual Diagnosis, Prescribing psychotropic medication, Screening |
| Prescribing service | |
| Prescribing | Yes |
| Prescribing options | As part of the service, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Naltrexone, Naloxone, Benzodiazepine, Other (please specify below) |
| If other has been selected, please specify | Buvidal, Nalmefene, Pabrinex, Disulfiram, Acamprosate, Baclofen, Topiramate, Chlordiazepoxide |
| Outreach service | |
| Outreach | Yes |
| Outreach options | Outreach Clinics |
| Advertise outreach? | Yes |
| Rehabilitation and other services | |
| Rehabilitation and other services provided | Advocacy, Drop-in sessions, Drug testing, Education and Training, Sexual Health, Stalls at exhibitions/seminars, Other (please specify below) |
| If other has been selected, please specify | Occupational Therapy, Non Medical Prescribers |
| Criminal justice services | Yes |
| Criminal justice services options | Court reports, Prison aftercare, Condition of a DTTO, Other (please specify below) |
| If other has been selected, please specify | Condition of Community Payback Order. |
| Residential support | Yes |
| Residential support options | In-patient/In-house detox |
| If other has been selected, please specify | Referral for residential rehabilitation |
| Needle Exchange | |
| Needle exchange | Yes |
| Opening days/times |
Monday:
8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Wednesday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Thursday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Friday: 8.30am - 5.00pm Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed |
| Needle exchange services | Citric acid, Water for injecting, Sterile spoons, Filters, Needles/syringes packs, Foil, Pre-injection swabs, Condoms |
| Do you provide additional services? | Yes |
| Needle exchange additional services | Wound clinics, Minor ailment clinic, Facility for the return of used equipment |
| Do you provide specific clinic for clients who use Specific Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDS)? | No |
| Information services | Yes |
| Information resources available | HIV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Safer Injecting, Wound Care |
| Face to face advice services | Yes |
| Face to face advice topics | HIV, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Safer Injecting, Wound Care, Demonstration of paraphenalia use, Demonstration of safer injection practise |
| HIV and hepatitis services | |
| HIV and hepatitis | Yes |
| HIV and hepatitis options | HIV Testing, HIV Counselling, Hep A & Hep B Vaccinations, Hepatitis A Testing, Hepatitis B Testing, Hepatitis C Testing, Hepatitis Counselling, Dry blood spot testing, Other (please specify below) |
| HIV and hepatitis other | Above services provided as part of wider NHS Drug & Alcohol services |
| Naloxone services | |
| Naxalone training | No |
| Naloxone supply | First supply of Naloxone kits, Re-supply Naloxone kits following use, Facility for the return of used Naloxone kits |