Prescribing and Shared Care
KCA's substitute prescribing and shared care team will work with you, your GP and your pharmacist to help you bring your substance misuse under control.
We offer a range of care packages, based on evidence based practice, with regular reviews by the Clinical Team and a Review Team made up of senior KCA staff.
Care packages are designed to meet individual needs and goals and are reviewed every time the service user meets with his or her keyworker. Treatment options include
- Community short term prescribing
- Community maintenance prescribing
- Community detoxification
- Community rehabilitation (through Horizon)
- Referral for in patient detoxification
In addition to the health checks provided by our Harm Reduction team, we will check your heart and veins - using ECG and Doppler Scanning - so that we can detect early signs of organ damage caused by substance misuse. If we spot any, we will refer you on for specialist interventions, such as
- Gastroenterology
- Cardio-thoracic
- Vascular services
- Hepatology