{"id":1971,"date":"2019-03-18T23:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2019-03-18T23:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:48:36","slug":"labor-to-deliver-six-ice-detoxification-and-rehabilitation-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/18\/labor-to-deliver-six-ice-detoxification-and-rehabilitation-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor to deliver six ice detoxification and rehabilitation clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW Labor will deliver six detoxification and rehabilitation clinics \u2013 with one to be\u00a0<\/span>established in Western Sydney and managed by the Noffs Foundation.<\/span>
\nLabor has also indicated that Dubbo will be the site for one of the four regional sites.
\nIn total, they will provide an additional 125 beds \u2013 costing a total of $100 million.
\nIn addition, Labor re-committed to holding a drug summit\u00a0patterned on the historic 1999 one to respond to illicit drug use in the community.
\nThe summit will bring together experts, law enforcement, health professionals, family members and former users to consider evidence-based policy and to develop a way forward that protects lives.\u00a0The historic 1999 Drug Summit gave rise to the medically supervised injecting room at Kings Cross.
\nNSW Labor leader Michael Daley made the announcement with Shadow Minister for Health Walt Secord, Noffs foundation CEO, Matt Noffs at Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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The Noffs Foundation will manage a 16-bed facility built in Western Sydney with a final site to be determined.
\nThe Western Sydney facility would be focused on supporting western Sydney youth, with clients generally between the ages of 13 and 18.
\nOverall, when fully operational the clinics will treat up to 1,300 ice affected patients a year and will be staffed by social workers and health professionals.
\nThe Noffs Foundation facility in Western Sydney will deliver:<\/p>\n