Barnsley Lead In Treatment For Alcohol And Substance Misuse

EDM number 1761 in 1997-98, proposed by Michael Clapham on 12/11/1998.

That this House congratulates the Kendray Hospital, supported by the health authority and the local authority, for providing Barnsley with a leading-edge Special Inpatient Unit able to individualise treatment services for alcohol and substance misuse and which has a facility to make rehabilitation arrangements for patients, supported by a team of experts led by Mr Mehta, a consultant in addiction psychiatry, who are able to plan all activities of care transferable to the patient's home environment to give positive and practical support to families and carers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.