Drink and Drugs News

In this blog, the team from Turning Point's Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service explores the topic of sobriety during Christmas, focusing on those who...

The Forward Trust’s Staff Awards (Winter) 2023 event once again highlighted incredible individual, team and cross-organisation achievements from this year. With over 65 nominations received,...

VIA Harrow celebrate successfully reaching the impressive milestone of Hepatitis C micro-elimination in their service. NHS England has a target to eliminate the virus by...

Around 25,000 people have responded to the government’s consultation on creating a ‘smokefree generation’, with the majority of the public backing the plans, according...

For people who inject drugs, needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are a life-changing – and even life-saving – intervention. Being able to access clean...

‘As 52 per cent of the population, sometimes our needs aren’t thought about in a specialised, specific way,’ Trevi chief executive Hannah Shead told...

‘Women and non-binary people are often excluded from services,’ said Aura Roig Forteza. ‘When they go to other services, such as mental health, they’re...

Language matters when it comes to describing people with substance issues, hear delegates at this year’s NHS APA conference  ‘People with eating-related conditions are always...

More than half of the population of Leicester is from a non-white background – something that hasn’t always been reflected in services, says Dilesh...