ISSUE 52
WINTER 2011
The Changing
Times
Quarterly magazine for and by people
with addiction related problems in the Dudley Borough ~ www.thechangingtimes.org.uk
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SPRING ISSUE FOCUS: Help for a drink problem at GP level. |
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The Changing Times has tabled a bid for funding in orderthat we may send to all GP practises in the area at least 10 copies of the magazines. (At present we send 2, which isn’t enough for each GP never mind the waiting room and we want to remedy this for the March issue). The focus will be on what help there is for a drink problem from your GP and other professionals based there. Your GP is in fact your first port of call for getting to other specialist services. The March issue will include an article written by Dr Mann from the Worcester St. practise in Stourbridge on the role of the GP with people with a drink problem. It will also have a piece by an Aquarius alcohol counsellor who is based in various GP surgeries, telling us what she can offer. Dr Lewis, who works at Atlantic House and is also a Halesowen GP, is writing a piece on ‘Shared Care’ between Atlantic House and GP’s for clients on methadone prescriptions. These topics will go ahead whether we win the grant bid or not (and at time of going to print we still don't know) although we wont be able to send 10 magazines to each practise if we don't !! |
WHY NOT WRITE IN (by the end of January) AND TELL US OF YOUR EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO YOUR GP WITH A DRINK PROBLEM, AND THE HELP YOU GOT. (We will be printing positive experiences only so there’s no point writing in with grumbles). £10 voucher for star comment. IF WE WIN THE BID......... YOU COULD WIN £50!!!! READ BELOW: IF YOU GO TO YOUR GP AFTER THE 1ST WEEK IN MARCH, LOOK FOR THE MAGAZINE IN THE WAITING ROOM AND A POSTER ON THE WALL. CONTACT US WITH THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION ON THE POSTER, the answer is in the magazine, AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ENTERED INTO A £50 DRAW!! IF WE HAVEN’T WON THE BID THERE WON'T BE A POSTER OR LOTS OF MAGAZINES IN THE WAITING ROOM~we’ll let you know for sure in the March issue. |
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