Recovery Partnership - Gateshead
Resources for professionals
The following resources may be helpful to healthcare professionals who are supporting people struggling with drug or alcohol across a range of services:
- Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management
- Alcohol information - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Opioid dependence - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Benzodiazepine – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- Acute pain management – Faculty of Pain Medicine
We work alongside a range of healthcare professionals to provide prescribing support. We are not an emergency service but our duty prescriber at Gateshead Recovery Partnership can be contacted if clinical advice is needed via our switchboard on 0191 5947821 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
Routine requests for clinical advice can also be sent to our secure e-mail address at [email protected]
Training
Naloxone Training Drop In
We offer a monthly training session on overdose awareness and naloxone, the drug that temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
The training session can be booked via Eventbrite or by calling 0191 5927821 to book a space.
General Training
We provide training and awareness session across the Gateshead Community. Each training package is tailored to the needs of the audience and can include drug and alcohol awareness, harm minimisation, and naloxone training. Please feel free contact the service to discuss a training package on 0191 5947821.
Open Day Events
We hold regular open days at Gateshead Recovery Partnership where we open the service to anyone who would like to come in and find out more about what we do and how we support individuals, their families and the wider community. Upcoming open day dates will be posted here and on our Facebook page.
Community Awareness
We love the opportunity to support at local community events. If you are hosting an event that you believe would benefit from awareness raising from, please contact us.
