People on the Island are reminded that there are ways to get treatment and support for alcohol and drugs, and with the right support, it’s possible to improve health and wellbeing. Alcohol and drugs treatment and support is accessible to all residents through Inclusion Recovery IOW, a service commissioned by the Isle of Wight Council’s Public Health team. Inclusion has a hub in Newport where a dedicated team can provide tailored, individual support and treatments for anyone who needs it. They work with a range of partners to prevent and reduce alcohol and drugs harm on the Island through a range of services. These include a mental health drop-in at the Newport Inclusion hub, a specialist alcohol and drugs nurse based at St Mary’s Hospital and a specialist team working alongside the Police service and prisons to support people in the criminal justice system. Targeted outreach programmes have also been set up to work with people who may be more vulnerable, including hostel drop-in sessions for people who do not have secure accommodation and improved testing for blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis C. The Island has achieved micro-elimination status for Hepatitis C, with everyone in alcohol and drugs services being offered a test. Coordination of work to reduce harm from alcohol and drugs and support people to access services is led by the Island’s Strategic Drug and Alcohol Partnership (ISDAP). The partnership ensures the delivery of key ambitions aligned to the National Drugs Strategy, including allocating additional national grant money to support targeted work to reduce alcohol and drugs use on the Island. The Chair, Simon Bryant, Director of Public Health for the Isle of Wight Council, says:
“Providing good quality, appropriate support that is easy to access for all Islanders is key to ensuring we help people to reduce their alcohol and drugs use and maintain good health. Inclusion Recovery IOW are there to help and support residents of all ages with their alcohol and drugs use through services ranging from brief interventions to reduce your drinking to the delivery of more specialist treatment. We want to encourage individuals, their families and the wider community to support people to access non-judgemental care and support when they need it.’’
If you would like to talk to someone about concerns for support linked to alcohol or drug use, contact Inclusion on 01983 526654. The out of hours helpline number is 0300 330 2001. For further information visit Inclusion Isle of Wight – Inclusion IOW. The Isle of Wight Council also works in partnership to deliver the mental wellbeing plan and the suicide prevention plan. Further information can be found on the Council’s web pages Mental health and wellbeing (iow.gov.uk) and Suicide prevention (iow.gov.uk). Residents who feel things are getting too much and need urgent support for their mental health can contact Crisis support – Mental Health Crisis Support — Isle of Wight Community Mental Health (iwmentalhealth.co.uk) You will be able to access a variety of organisations, all specialising in mental health support. For anyone affected or bereaved by suicide, there is free, confidential support available at amparo.org.uk
Send it to all the persons who are addicted to
Tattoos and Vapes, not to mention Cannabis
That will equate to approx 85% of the island.
So the drops outs get even more “help” somewhere to go and score some more drugs off all the other dealers that will attend. Waste of damn money. A free service for druggies and alcoholics but still is costing us a fortune.
Do you know anything about addiction Stark reminder? I guess not, alcoholism is a disease, not something you would choose really. You should educate yourself before jumping on your keyboard
What a moronic comment. Costing you a fortune? I really don’t think so Stark Raving Bonkers
The new ‘back ache’ to swindle ever more from benefits using the harder to prove mental health excuse. Send them for a year to be assessed in a mental institution, then see how quickly most are ‘cured’.
Another moronic comment
Inclusion are absolutely useless. Absolutely no patient confidentiality, gossiping gossips and that’s the staff, staff leave all the time. Rotten from the core
Or they are just bored and fed up of the whiny time wasting, junkie, alco dossers that trudge through the door day in day out, with their tales of woe and misery.
I called for help only to be told my problem wasn’t bad enough
You have to be a man who doesn’t wash or work…x
I called for help only to be told my problem wasn’t bad enough