Services Database Home Alcohol Detoxification: Home and Dry
Service ID
251711
Description
The ‘Home and Dry’ alcohol detoxification service aims to encourage a joint working relationship between GP practices, Addaction, and community pharmacies to offer a medically assisted alcohol detoxification to those patients who have the least complex dependencies and would benefit from being detoxed in their home environment.
The care pathway will consist of a range of options for each level of delivery as follows:
- Medical assessment and prescribing for the alcohol detoxification will be undertaken by either: a GP (working in conjunction with Addaction); or any prescriber working within Addaction including the Consultant Psychiatrist, the Primary Care Lead or a Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP).
- Monitoring of symptoms and titration of dose within the range prescribed during the duration of the alcohol withdrawal will be undertaken by: a community pharmacist, or a trained Addaction recovery coordinator/nurse, or a practice nurse.
Location of service
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LPC
Commissioner
Local Authority (LA)
Method of commissioning
Source of funding
Local Authority (LA)
Service type
Alcohol screening & brief intervention
Other organisations involved
Dates
Start date: 01/04/2018
End date:
Status
Decommissioned
Training
Not known.
