Important News - GAS Heroin Bug Patient Leaflet
Glasgow Addiction Services organise and provides a range of services for people living in the city who are affected by drugs and alcohol.
We offer many specialised services that aim to meet the needs of individuals and families affected by drugs and alcohol. Services are currently delivered by the nine Community Addiction Teams, managed within five Community Health and Care Partnerships in the city.
How do I get a service?
By contacting your local area Community Addiction Team (CAT).
Where is my local service?
To find out how to access your local service please select the following link for more information in leaflet format. (PDF, 243 Kb, 7 pages)
This leaflet is available in portable document format for downloading. The Adobe Acrobat reader can be freely downloaded from the Adobe web site
What should I expect?
For individuals affected, an assessment of their needs will be carried out. Depending on the outcome, support services may be available to help the individual and possibly their carer(s) too. Glasgow Addiction Services may provide such services, while others will be provided by voluntary organisations.
Each of the current nine Community Addiction Teams is able to access the following components of service:
- Alcohol support and treatment
- Drug use support and treatment, including substitute prescribing
- Family support services
- Young peoples services
- Services to offenders with addiction problems
- needle exchange
- harm reduction advice
- Community support
- Rehabilitation services
- Hospital services (including outpatient, specialist in-patient and day services)
- Community development and service user involvement groups
- 24/7 drug crisis centre
- Carers services and family support
- Training and employment
- Mental health
Emergency situations
If you have an emergency:
- within office hours, you will be given an urgent appointment
- outwith office hours, phone Social Work Standby Services on: 0800 811505
For more information see Standby/Out of hours service
- NHS 24
Phone: 08454 24 24 24
Website: http://www.nhs24.com/
- Glasgow Drugs Crisis Centre
123 West Street
Tradeston
Glasgow G3 8YZ
Phone: 0141 420 6969
Fax: 0141 274 2353
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