i-access Drug and Alcohol Service Leaflet : Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Drug and alcohol help in Surrey

About us

We offer specialist assessment, support and treatment to people in Surrey who want help with problematic drug and/or alcohol use.

We do this in partnership with Via, a specialist non-profit organisation who work with people with issues arising from drug and alcohol use.

All staff are highly skilled and experienced at helping people affected by drug and alcohol use, their families and carers.

How to get help

You can refer yourself by phone (details on back page), in person or via our website.

We also accept referrals from GPs and other referral agencies including social services, community mental health services, hospitals and probation services.

Getting in touch with us directly helps us to get to know you and understand your needs better from the beginning.

We will write to your GP and keep them informed about your recovery care plan and progress and we have an obligation to tell them about any medication we prescribe for you.

When we receive your information, we review all your details and consider the next steps and what will work best for you. If our service isn’t right for you, we’ll refer you on to a service that we think will be able to help you.

How we can help

If our service is right for you, we’ll offer you an appointment for an assessment. This may be by telephone or in person at one of our clinics in Surrey. Once this has taken place we will develop a personalised recovery care plan with you.

The services we offer include:

One-to-one Sessions
Peer Mentoring
Recovery Support
Counselling
Pregnancy Support
Home/Ambulatory and Inpatient Detoxification
Needle Exchange
Hepatitis B Vaccination and Hepatitis C Testing
Support for dependent alcohol users who want to make some changes but do not wish to stop drinking
Brief advice and information about problematic alcohol use

Group work including

Relapse Prevention
Health and Wellbeing
Abstinence Preparation Group
Recovery Café
Non-abstinence Education Group
Women’s Group
Self Management And Recovery Training (SMART)
Alcohol Education Group
Recovery Group Day Programme

We offer a number of ways for you to meet your key worker, who helps facilitate your engagement and treatment:

Face to face appointments at a location in Surrey (where possible you can choose where you are seen, we offer daytime and evening appointments to fit around your schedule)
Virtual Groups
Video Calls
Telephone Appointments

Concerned about someone?

If you’re supporting or caring for someone who has drug or alcohol problems, our Carers’ Liaison Officer can help you. Please call 020 8541 7195 or 07891 848 679 for advice.

The following organisations can also help:

Families Anonymous: 0207 4984 680

Al-Anon & Alateen: 0800 0086 811

Adfam : www.adfam.org.uk