Drug & Alcohol Advice

In partnership with the Oxfordshire Drugs and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) and Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Oxfordshire PCT continues to develop its high quality 'shared care' service where specialist nurses work in 16 practices in Oxford alongside GPs to tackle substance misuse.

Oxfordshire Drugs And Alcohol Action Team

The Oxfordshire Drugs and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) (external link) is a partnership for agencies working in the field of substance misuse, including all local authorities.

See Support For People At Risk: Drug & Alcohol Action Team.

Evolve

A new young people’s treatment service opened in Oxford city and a treatment service for women is also planned.  In addition, there are expansion plans for the city’s harm minimisation service, which aims to improve the health of individuals as well as minimising the risk to public health.

Evolve website (external link).

Local Resources

• Talk to your GP, health visitor or school nurse
• Talk to someone you trust at school or your local youth worker
• If a young person needs more help contact Evolve (external link) which is a drug & alcohol counselling for young people aged between 10-18.
  Telephone: 01865 723909

Online Information Resources

• Hows Your Drink (external link)
• Down Your Drink (external link)
• Talk to FRANK (external link)
• Alchohol Education and Research Council (external link)
• Wrecked (external link)

Also In This Website

• Support For People At Risk: Drug & Alcohol Action Team

Related Internet Links

• Oxfordshire DAAT (external link)
• Evolve (external link)

National Agencies

• Alcohol Concern (external link)
• Adfam (external link)
• Al-Anon (external link)
• Alateen (external link)
  For young people (12 - 20) affected by a problem drinker
• Drinkline - 0800 917 82 82
• Childline - 0800 11 11