Partner Updates
Supporting isolated service users in East Kent to get tested for...
Recovery workers in East Kent are now able to request postal Covid-19 tests on behalf of service users
Building resilience in tough times – Turning Point launch new ...
Turning Point are piloting a new service in Nottinghamshire - Turning Point Connect.
Booker prize winner Shuggie Bain sheds light on a growing issue...
More young people are affected by their parent’s drug and alcohol use. We need to support these families through this difficult time.
Recent Posts
Parents ‘twice as likely’ to be drinking more heavily since lockdown
Parents are twice as likely to be drinking more often since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by alcohol charity Balance....
More health service reform on the way
The government has published a new white paper setting out planned reforms to health and social care services. Integration and innovation: working together to...
A third of 17-year-olds have tried cannabis
More than 30 per cent of young people have tried cannabis at least once by the age of 17, according to research by UCL’s...
Provisional figures show 16 per cent increase in alcohol deaths
Provisional data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the first three quarters of 2020 show 5,460 deaths related to alcohol-specific causes, up...
All or Nothing
Your cholesterol is high. The doctor says, ‘No butter, no cheese, no cholesterol-raising foods – full stop.’ You complain, ‘Can’t I just cut down...
Dark Secrets
As an ‘old timer’ in the field, I remember the seismic shift that followed the emergence of ‘legal highs’. Policy, however, stayed frozen in...
Rehab Spotlights
Kenward Trust Residential Treatment
The staff at Kenward Trust are dedicated to helping their residents transform their lives from the misery of addiction, homelessness and crime.
Residential Drug Treatment from Promis
Promis residential drug treatment offers intensive, expert and personally tailored therapy in unbeatable urban and rural settings.
Dayhab drug Treatment from Help Me Stop
A new Dayhab treatment centre sets out to make recovery available to everyone who needs it.