The University is committed to and responsible for ensuring a healthy and safe environment for work, study and leisure.
We recognise that on occasion and for a variety of reasons, members of our staff or student community may suffer stress and/or ill health. Among these reasons may be problems related to alcohol or substance misuse which affect work and study.
Where appropriate the University will look to help the person affected deal with these problems, restoring well-being and a safe, healthy and congenial working and study situation.
Our measures are designed above all to prevent misuse. However they also clarify action to be taken when unacceptable quantities of alcohol are consumed, or controlled substances or dangerous drugs are misused.
Our policy:
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
You can phone at any time to talk to a qualified counsellor. The EAP’s own website also carries a lot of information on both alcohol and drugs, as well as on factors that may for some people contribute to excessive use, for example money worries.
Get free, confidential support with alcohol, drugs or mental health from one of their local services or online.
Your surgery may offer specialist support for alcohol and/or drug misuse through a counselling service. You can find out more from the surgery itself, or from https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/