Our community drug and alcohol services provide specialist treatment and psychological interventions to support service users in their recovery.  

If you, or a person you care for, have a primary drug or alcohol problem that requires substitute prescribing or detoxification treatment, our teams are here to help you. We keep hope, recovery and support central to everything we do. 

As part of our work, we provide: 

  • comprehensive assessment 

  • case management  

  • specialist prescribing  

  • access to specialist psychological interventions 

We accept: 

  • self-referrals 

  • referrals from GPs  

  • referrals from external agencies with consent  

To make a referral, select the local area based on where your GP is registered. 

Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services work in partnership with Developing Health and Independence (DHI) to provide support to anyone in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) who is experiencing problems with drugs or alcohol. 

Referrals are made through the DHI single point of contact: 

14 St James Parade  
St James Parade 
Bath  
BA1 1AU 

Phone: 01225 329411 (option 2)  

GP advice and prescribing service: 01225 359900  

Email: TheBeehive@dhibath.org.uk 

REACH Drug and Alcohol Services offers support to anyone in Dorset who is experiencing problems with drugs or alcohol. REACH has three hubs in Christchurch, Gillingham and Weymouth. There are also satellite services across the county to provide support. 

Referrals are made via: 

REACH Drug and Alcohol Service 
45 Bargates 
Christchurch 
BH23 1QD 

Phone: 0800 043 4656 

Email: info@edp.org.uk 

REACH Drug and Alcohol Services 
24 High West Street 
Weymouth  
DT4 8JH 

Gillingham Drug and Alcohol Advisory Service  
Woodcock Court 
Queen Street 
Gillingham
SP8 4DZ