Alcohol care and treatment service (ACTS)
Who are we?
The Alcohol Care and Treatment Services (ACTS) is a hospital led
multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team based on Medical
Investigation Unit with a Trust wide role. The team establishment
includes a Consultant Gastroenterologist, 4 Specialist Addiction
Nurses (both general & mental health), Senior Support
Worker/Alcohol Care Coordinator, 4 Assertive Outreach Alcohol
Workers and a Admin Performance Manager and
Administrator.
What we
do:
Inpatient Alcohol
Detoxification
Carry out specialist alcohol assessments on
any patients over 18 years old where alcohol has contributed to
their admission to hospital and lead or advise on packages of care,
including alcohol detoxification. Click here
to view our brochure.
Outpatient Alcohol
Detoxification
If appropriate, continue treatment as an
outpatient, including outpatient detoxification and/or support
sessions
Elective Alcohol
Detoxification
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is now an
approved provider with Public Health Dorset to provide elective
alcohol inpatient detoxification (4 ring fenced beds – A5)
Outpatient Alcohol Assessment
Clinic
Dedicated outpatient assessment and follow-up
clinic available for inter-professional referrals
Ongoing Aftercare &
Support
Linking and facilitating referrals for
patients into the appropriate local community based alcohol
services and delivering Brief Interventions with patients on the
wards
Assertive Outreach Alcohol
Service
Providing intensive community-based support
for primarily frequent attenders to hospital where alcohol is a
contributing factor
Useful information
Generic AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test)
form
SADQ (Severity of
Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire)
Structured brief advice tool
Useful links
NHS
Change 4 Life advice and information
Drinkaware alcohol information and
advice
Drinkaware unit calculator
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Samaritans
Contact details
Telephone - 01202 44(2871)
Bleep - 0561
Email - admin.acts@poole.nhs.uk
Operating hours
Monday - Sunday (7days)
08:00 - 16:00