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Where are we?. ADDICTION RECOVERY COMMUNITY HILLINGDON (ARCH) Old Bank House 64 High Street Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 1JP. Meet the partners:. Meet the team. Arch staff: Consultant psychiatrist Doctors Nurses Social workers Psychologist Occupational therapists Outreach workers
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Where are we? ADDICTION RECOVERY COMMUNITY HILLINGDON (ARCH) Old Bank House 64 High Street Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 1JP
Meet the team Arch staff: • Consultant psychiatrist • Doctors • Nurses • Social workers • Psychologist • Occupational therapists • Outreach workers • Recovery Practitioners • Peer support/volunteers • Young persons worker Psychology assistants plus honoraria's) • Service user & carer volunteers • Older persons Pathway • Young persons worker • A&E Liaison Nurse • Criminal Justice • Smoking Cessation
How to refer: Referral letter Fax to: 01895 207 733 Email to: arch.hillingdon@nhs.net Call to discuss possible referrals: 01895 207777 Address to/liaise with: Duty worker Sector Manager – Sue Murphy Consultant Psychiatrist – Dr Jeffrey Fehler Consultant Psychologist – Dr Deepti Shah-Armon Team managers clinical – Debra Davies, Taruna Rampersad Team managers – Jayne Smith, Miriam Jassey & Max Griffiths
How to tackle high rates of alcohol dependency in rough sleepers • Demonstrate joint working between adult alcohol services and the wider health and social care providers
Welfare Pathway for Street Homeless Dependent Drinkers • ARCH initially set up a welfare pathway to be responsive to high numbers of clients attending the service with alcohol dependence and street homeless. • We needed improved access and facilities in which to deliver a package of care for homeless and rough sleeping clients.
Hillingdon LA was awarded a public health grant to implement fibrous scanning on-site at Arch. Early intervention and prevention of liver disease Reduction in inpatient bed days and length of Stay Reduction in hospital admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions and the mortality rate from alcohol liver disease. • Effective implementation of a comprehensive 'welfare, physical and wellbeing' offer for alcohol misuse clients in the borough, providing a ‘health passport ‘. • Training programme for all Arch Nurses to provide Fibroscanning. • Provision of a wide range of non-stigmatising satellite settings and in -reach arrangements with housing and partner agencies- for this client group. • Onsite provision of priority clinics in partnership with Hillingdon LA and the development of the Rough Sleepers Initiative project in 2019/20. • Refurbishment of Arch Welfare Room- provision of clothes, food, toiletries and onsite support for housing and health & wellbeing with new pathway . • Client access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Social Work support & housing clinics. • KPIs /outcomes – Increase in clients accessing Fibroscanning with health passports at Arch • Increase in street homeless accessing Arch. • Increase in access to housing • .