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The NHS APA supports the much-anticipated second part of the independent report focusing on drug treatment, prevention, and recovery.

Relationships, collaboration, and engagement are central to effective integrated care services, ensuring that patients living with...

A new article shows that commissioning of addictions services by cash starved local authorities has been a failed experiment.

Inpatient units offer crucial on-the-job experience and training for medical and nursing trainees in the field of addictions.

Here is a summary of the #KeepTheFewNHSIPUs campaign's impact so far.

The NHS APA has produced a position paper and blueprint specification to advise on Tier 4 inpatient detoxification provision.

NHS IPUs are fundamentally different to all other detox and rehabilitation services in England and help the most complex patients.

Members of the NHS Inpatient Network continue to call for urgent action to save the last remaining NHS IPUs in England.

The five remaining NHS inpatient detox units (IPUs) in England could permanently close without urgent changes to the way they are funded.

Patryk, a service user, describes his story of recovery and why he believes it is essential that we #KeepTheFewNHSIPUs

Read messages of support for the #KeepTheFewNHSIPUs and pledge your support for the campaign.

The RADAR model developed by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust showcases the innovative services NHS IPUs provide.

The future of the 5 remaining NHS Inpatient Detox Units remains critically uncertain.

The survival of NHS IPUs is a matter of life or death for service users and their loved ones yet their very existance is under threat.