Tiwi, NT
NT Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Withdrawal
An NT Health service on the Royal Darwin Hospital campus that provides medical management of alcohol, tobacco and other drug withdrawal for Top End residents.
TREATMENT SERVICE
Royal Darwin Hospital
THE SERVICE
About Royal Darwin Hospital
Royal Darwin Hospital is the Northern Territory Government's 360-bed public teaching hospital at Tiwi, run by Top End Health Service. Its emergency department is open 24 hours. NT Health lists the hospital under alcohol and drug services for medical supervision and monitoring of patients withdrawing from alcohol and other drugs, available at any hour. It also runs inpatient mental health programs including Cowdy Ward and the Joan Ridley Unit.
Services offered
Published as not offered here: residential rehabilitation.
A withdrawal service is published here.
Ask the admissions team how withdrawal would be handled and how a transfer into treatment works.
Where it is
- Address
- Rocklands Drive, Tiwi, Darwin, NT, 0810
- Map
- Pinned to the published street address.
CARE & DAILY LIFE
What this service has published.
Conditions treatedMental illness, Substance withdrawal
TherapiesNone published in an addiction context; the hospital lists hyperbaric medicine, pain management, hospital in the home and the Alan Walker Cancer Care Centre among general services
Funding acceptedMedicare, State funded
LanguagesInterpreter service and Aboriginal liaison published, Individual languages not named
Aftercare formatNot published by this provider
Aboriginal-specific serviceOpen to all
EstablishedOpened 1980
Day-to-day arrangements
AccommodationNot published by this provider
On-site activitiesMedical management of withdrawal, Medical supervision and monitoring, Assessment, Counselling, Opioid pharmacotherapy program
PetsNot published by this provider
SmokingNot published by this provider
VapingNot published by this provider
Nicotine replacementNot published by this provider
Phone accessNot published by this provider
Internet accessNot published by this provider
Device accessNot published by this provider
TransportNot published by this provider
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COST
Costs and funding.
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Funding this service accepts
Medicare, State funded
Questions worth asking
- What does the recommended program or appointment cost?
- What is included, and what is billed separately?
- Is detox, medication or a specialist appointment extra?
- What are the payment terms and cancellation policy?
ONGOING SUPPORT
Support after treatment.
Details of ongoing support are not published here. Ask the service what support is available when your treatment ends.
Questions worth asking
- Who will be my contact when treatment ends?
- Which sessions are individual, group or online?
- How long does the included support run?
- What happens when it ends, and what do further sessions cost?
PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS
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