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Drugs & Alcohol Services, Oldham
First Step Needle Exchange
5 Horsedge Street
Oldham OL1 3SX
new opening times
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm except Tuesday 9am - 8pm.
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We Provide a
full range of injecting equipment including needles and syringes
for steroid use.
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Hepatitis B
and C testing and also HIV testing.
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Hepatitis B
vaccination.
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Safer
injecting advice and wound care advice.
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Condoms and
links to sexual health nurses and pregnancy testing.
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Drugs advice
and referrals for treatment as well as signposting for other
advice, e.g. Housing/Shelter
Oldham Drug and Alcohol Service
The Gateway
5 Horsedge Street
Oldham OL1 3SX
Telephone number 0161 604 3666
OPEN:
Mon-Fri 9 am to 5 pm with late night on Tues till 8 pm,
With daily drop-in from 1 pm to 4 pm.
Oldham Drug
and Alcohol service
(ODAS) is the primary treatment service for
people living in the borough of
who are having problems related to their Drug or Alcohol use.
We offer a range of treatment options including:
- Substitute prescribing programmes.
- Detoxification programmes.
- On-ward referral.
- Advice and information.
- Hepatitis B vaccination.
- Hepatitis C testing.
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Counselling and support.
We are a free
service, with an open referral system including self referral.
There is also a women only drop-in running on a Monday afternoon.
(SEE WOMEN’S GROUP)
WOMEN’S DRUG &
ALCOHOL SUPPORT GROUP
DRUG SUPPORT GROUP
ALCOHOL SUPPORT GROUP
WOMEN’S GROUP
The Gateway
5 Horsedge Street
Oldham OL1 3SX
Open:
Monday
afternoon only 1pm to 4.45pm
This is Oldham
Drug and Alcohol service for females only.
There are female only waiting areas.
Female staff if you want to discuss drug & alcohol use.
These afternoon sessions are open to all female substance users, you
do not need to be in any treatment programme to attend.
If you are not in treatment and would like to know what options are
available to you,
or if you require advice on harm reduction, a
female worker will be there to discuss these matters.
There is female only needle exchange and advice on safer injecting.
There is a Drug-liaison midwife.
Also various activities including health information,
nail & beauty
sessions and arts & craft taster sessions.
UFO
USERS FORUM
ALCOHOL USERS FORUM
The Gateway
5 Horsedge Street
Oldham OL1 3SX
Tel: 0161 604 3666
Meetings
Wednesday 2 till 3 pm
This is a service user consultation group, where drug and alcohol clients are asked their opinions of the treatment service available in
Clients do not have to be in treatment to attend.
Drugs & alcohol Action Team (DAAT)
Take your time to explore this site where there is access to online help and a useful range of information whether you are a user, carer, professional or member of the general public.
Oldham ADS (Addiction Dependency Solutions)
5 Greaves Street
Oldham
OL1 1QN
Tel: 0161 624 9595
Fax: 0161 785 3727
Email: oldham@ADSolutions.org.uk
Our service is free to anyone over 18 who lives in the Oldham Metropolitan Borough
area and has problems with alcohol or drug misuse,
Oldham Substance Misuse Service
We provide a service for people affected by illegal drugs and/or prescribed drugs.
We offer a friendly confidential service that offers help and support to those who feel they
can't be drug free and also those who choose abstinence as an aim. For more information,
please contact us using the details listed below.
The Gateway
5 Horsedge Street
Oldham OL1 3SX
Telephone number 0161 604 3666
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The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA)
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Fact Sheet
Alcohol, Drugs and Domestic Abuse