There’s a new detox clinic opening up in the area and the premise of it is that it has 2 assessment beds and 3 detox beds for drinkers who are referred to them, either off the streets or through other initiatives.
Some of these drinkers may be rough sleepers but others may already be living in hostel accommodation elsewhere.
The hostel will be assessing them for 1-2 days before deciding whether or not to put them in the detox programme and are asking whether we would be able to pay benefit on 2 homes for the patients who already live in hostels.
They argue that, whilst they are being assessed, they are receiving medically approved care but were quite vague as to what this care was and I was wondering what the policy of other LAs who have similar schemes operating in their area do?
Thanks