North Somerset Council is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for the purposes of processing personal data. Your privacy is important to us and we take great care to protect it. The information provided will be held and used in accordance with the requirements of UK and European data protection law. The processing of this information is lawful as it is necessary for the provision of treatment, care and harm minimisation in relation to substance misuse to ensure that the best care possible is provided (GDPR Articles 6(1)(d) and 9(2)(h).
Substance misuse treatment services are provided on behalf of North Somerset Council by our partners; Addaction, Locality Health Centre CIC and local pharmacies who provide the following services:
- Addaction – substance misuse treatment for all problematic drug and alcohol use, including detox and facilitation to residential treatment where appropriate
- Pier Health Group Limited – shared prescribing service for opiate substation therapy in collaboration with Addaction
- Pharmacies – supervised consumption of opiate substitution therapy (all pharmacies) and needle exchange services (selected pharmacies)