Alcohol and drug addiction
Information for anyone affected by drug and alcohol problems, including advice on where to get treatment.
Drug treatment practitioners will help you to find the type of treatment that best suits your needs as part of an assessment process.
Specialist Community Addictions Service
The Specialist Community Addictions Service (SCAS) is a community based drug and alcohol team providing support in partnership with many other services which help people with addictive behaviours.
The team is made up of social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, specialist GP and support workers. Services include:
- assessment
- care management
- residential rehabilitation
- detoxification
- family support
- advice, counselling and therapy with relapse prevention.
How can I be referred to the service?
People can refer themselves or be referred through their doctors or drugs worker. For more information contact the city team at 01865 455623 or the county team at 01865 455614.
Medical care
All GPs offer general medical services and:
- advice on safer injecting
- needle exchange facilities
- testing for HIV and hepatitis
- referral to other services.
Shared care
The Oxfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) - part of a national strategy on drug abuse - together with the five Oxfordshire Primary Care Trusts run a shared care scheme for the treatment of drug users.
GPs, social workers and pharmacists work together to prescribe and supervise substitute medication.
There are three shared care schemes in Oxfordshire (north, city and south), each of which is supported by a specialist GP who provides clinic-based care.
Specialist medical services
Specialist medical services for drug users are provided for people who cannot use shared care. They include people who:
- take more than one kind of drug
- pregnant drug-users
- under 18s
- drug users with mental health problems.
Needle and syringe exchange services
For details of participating premises, call 01865 341936.
For more information regarding alcohol-related problems:
Ley Community - Residential rehabilitation and aftercare: 01865 371777 or 373108
Libra Project - Cranstoun Drug Services - advice, information, counselling, needle exchange
- Oxford: 01865 723500
- Banbury: 01295 273511
- Witney: 01993
The Gap - advice, information, support and needle exchange for 16-25: 01865 20181
Luther Street Drop-In Centre - drug and alcohol advice and support: 01865 250153
Luther Street Medical Centre - general medical services 01865 726008
Drugs Recovery Project - Residential rehabilitation and aftercare 01865 513994
Smart CJS (Oxon) - Charity which runs drugs projects within criminal justice system 01865 243539
This page was last updated on 28 October 2008
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