Slough Borough Council

Drug treatment services

Drug treatment is provided by a range of people and organisations.

These are broken down into four tiers:

1. Non-substance misuse services - generic information, advice and referral to other specialist services
2. Open access substance misuse services - specific and targeted information and brief intervention from services with some substance misuse specialism, such as needle exchange.
3. Structure community-based substance misuse services - care-planned counselling, structured counselling and community prescribing
4. Residential rehabilitation and substance misuse services - in-patient detox and residential rehabilitation placements usually outside the borough.

Primary Care

GPs offer a range of general medical services for drug users including advice on safer injecting, needle exchange, HIV and hepatitis screening and testing and referrals to other specialist services in the community.

Adult drug treatment - T2

T2 Slough offers a rapid, accessible and confidential service for anyone over 18 years of agem who wants to reduce, stabilise ro stop using drugs. It is a single point of contact providing access to other drugs treatment services following an assessment.

Any person can make a referral and self-referrals are accepted.

Anyone contacting T2 will be able to talk to a key worker, in confidence, and receive support, information and advice. After an assessment, a plan will be developed to help the person make positive changes.

T2 offers a wide range of services, including:

• information and advice with an open-access drop in facility
• needle and syringe exchange
• triage and assessment
• brief interventions
• out reach and satellite services
• alternative and complimentary therapies
• harm minimisation
• blood-borne virus screening
• after care

T2 also provide support for colleagues, friends and family members affected on a rolling programme to support parents and carers of drug users.

T2 Slough is based at 329 - 333 High Street, Slough, SL1 1TX.

For more information call on 01753 692548 or log on to the Turning Point website.

The T2 service operates between 9.30am and 7pm on Mondays and 10am to 4pm on Tuesdays to Fridays. 

Shared care

Shared care aims to prescribe and supervise substitute medication in teh community and provide holistic treatment for people who misuse drugs or alcohol.

Cascade is a specialist community-based drug and alcohol team providing support to drug users in partnership with GPs, specialist drug workers and pharmacies.

Cascade is based at Oak House, Upton Hospital, Albert Street, Slough, SL1 2BJ.

For more information call on 01753 821789.