Alcohol Help

London: Long Yard Alcohol Detoxication
Long Yard provides residential alcohol detoxification in the centre of London.

About us:

Rugby House Long Yard Detoxication & Crisis Management Centre is a unique 13-bedded scheme, which provides a full crisis intervention service for those who misuse alcohol. Many of our clients, for a variety of reasons, need a place of safety for stabilisation, a full assessment and withdrawal from alcohol as part of an overall care package.

Long Yard provides 24 hour staff cover, with one waking and one sleep-in staff during the night hours. The Long Yard program is delivered within a care home setting, with a visiting GP providing base line medical assessment on admission and ongoing support with underlying medical issues. In addition to this there is an in house Health Practitioner leading the health promotion aspect of the programme.

The supervised withdrawal from alcohol is supported by a comprehensive health and social care programme. Our staff team delivers a core group work package, which complements the individual keywork partnership, leading to the creation of personal development plans for all our clients.

Clients suitable for Long Yard are those with a dependent relationship with alcohol. By dependency we mean loss of control over drinking alcohol and arguably the process of withdrawal. It is seen as a means of getting choice back, in respect of all aspects of a client\’s life. We see our duty as aiding to make those choices better informed, whatever they may be.

Referrals are accepted from many professionals, GPs, Care Managers, Alcohol Workers, Health Visitors, Probation Officers and Supported Housing Workers etc.

Depending on a client\’s history, further information may be required in respect of medical problems, past withdrawals, history of violence and offending.

No one is automatically refused, but we will endeavour to reach an agreement on how to manage the risk areas whenever possible.

Contact Details:

Long Yard Alcohol Detoxication
8-9 Long Yard
London

WC1N 3LU

Telephone: 0207 404 1117

Alcohol Advisory Service for Camden & Islington, London
Assessment, treatment, detoxification, advice and information for people with alcohol problems.

About us:

The service offers assessment, treatment, community detoxification, advice and information for people with alcohol related problems including specialist input for clients with mental health problems. It also provides acute hospital, GP and psychiatric ward liaison services. Teaching and training is offered to a wide range of professionals.

Info:

This alcohol advisory service seeks to treat clients with the goals of controlled drinking, harm reduction or abstinence using differing models of intervention. It features a hospital liaison service.

Services Offered:

Access to other services, Assessment, Brief interventions, Community care assessment, Consultancy and training, Community - , Referral on - Detox, Dual diagnosis, Family and/or couple counselling, Information and advice, Key worker, Medical and Psychiatric assessment and interventions, Relapse prevention, Telephone counselling/Helpline. There is an assessment of and
counselling for mental health issues, support for problem drinkers with children and joint work with social services. Additionally they offer workplace services. There is no waiting period and the programme length is variable depending on client need. The client must not to be intoxicated on day of attendance. There is a structured aftercare service. They can provide interpreters for most languages with given notice. There is an adapted toilet, wheelchair access, ground floor interview room, professionally trained workers.

Contact Details:

Alcohol Advisory Service for Camden & Islington
309 Grays Inn Road
London

WC1X 8QS

Telephone: 020 7530 5900