Alcohol nurse specialists
DART are available to offer support for Drug and Alcohol Patients.
The DART team consists of two community support staff who are employed by a Stockton based community team called Change Grow Life (CGL). They work with staff, patients, families and community organisations to ensure that a patient who is admitted into our hospitals with alcohol related problem are offered brief interventions and ongoing support while under the care of the trust and once discharged to the community.
They support patients to lead healthier lifestyles by promoting either safe drinking habits: Men and women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol in total for a week, units of alcohol spread evenly across several days. Alternatively DART can offer support with abstinence as part of a persons recovery.
Patients who have a diagnosis of liver disease or chronic pancreatitis are encouraged not to drink.
However if you have a dependency to alcohol you should not stop drinking abruptly, you should seek advice from the community alcohol services and your GP first.
Useful links
Change Grow Live 3-9 Skinner Street Stockton TS18 1DY
01642 625980
Change Grow Live Middlesbrough
01642 225479
Change Grow Live Redcar
01642 481032
Hartlepool Action Recovery Team Whitby Street
01429 285000
County Durham Substance Misuse Service Various locations across County Durham
03000 266 666
Darlington
NECA – 01325 362159
Dry January 2020
We’re supporting the annual Dry January campaign.
Quitting the booze for a month gives you a chance to reset your relationship with alcohol as well as save a few pounds (both in your pocket and waistline).
Find out more at the Dry January website – and remember, you can sign up to Dry January at any time in the month.