Follow-up visit to WDP Havering : Drugs and Alcohol Rehabilitation Service

This follow up visit was conducted on 12th October, 2017, by a Healthwatch member who had extensive professional expereince in the field of drug or alcohol rehabilitations. The report was based on the one-to-one interview with WDP Havering’s Recovery Hub Team Leader and Psychosocial Interventions Lead, who hadbeen working in this field for some years and was well established. DP Havering have been commissioned by Havering Council's Public Health Service to provide advisory services for people dependent on drugs and alcohol.

As this was a follow up visit, the interview reviewed the original report from October 2016 and updated it.

DP continued to rely on various electronic contacts and were also involved in multidisciplinary meetings with Police, NOMS, Probation, Women's Aid, Family Mosaic, Bereavement Support, Victim Support and Churches.

The Healthwatch member was shown around both premises used by WDP, which were well-appointed and equipped,and very suitable for purpose. There was even a small courtyard at the back of the premises that was being used for gardening as part of the rehabilitation process. Three PCs were available for service users to practice on and to compile CVs. The member concluded that WDP had made good progress in the past 12 months and was meeting a real need in the Borough.