Two of the town's facilities for drug and alcohol users are to merge if plans are given the go-ahead.

The integrated drug & alcohol recovery service would be based at Graham House in Ware Road, recently vacated by The Probation Service. The facility will replace those existing srrvices being offered from Fore Street and Priory Street by the Herfordshire Drug & Alcohol Service.
Staff in the unit would include qualified nurses, doctors, recovery workers, counsellors and training co-ordinators. The unit would be open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 6pm.
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