What is Shared Care for Substance Misuse?
‘Shared Care’ is the term used to describe the provision of services to Service Users with substance misuse dependency issues. It is where you can receive treatment for drug problems in primary care i.e. in a GP practice, with support from specialist drug treatment services. Service Users managed within a Shared Care scheme normally have medium to low support requirements, and often have been receiving treatment from the secondary care specialist service.
