Middlesbrough Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services Review

Report - 27 January 2023

As part of Middlesbrough Councils review activity of the Specialist Drug and Alcohol prescribing services, they approached Healthwatch Middlesbrough to carry out service user engagement to inform this process.

Summary

This report details our period of engagement which took place between 21 September to 29 September 2022, where we received 98 responses to the survey.

The report details:

  • Methodology of engagement
  • Findings of the consultation
  • Key themes
  • Areas for improvement
  • Next steps

If you need this report in a different format, please get in touch:

 healthwatchsouthtees@pcp.uk.net

Call: 0800 118 1691 / Text only: 07451 288 789

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Middlesbrough Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services Review
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