Earlier this week representatives from Silkworth Lodge, which receives £220,000 of States funding each year, blew the whistle on an apparent major breakdown in its relationship with the department.
During a Scrutiny hearing, charity officials claimed that the States’ Alcohol and Drugs Service suddenly stopped referring patients to the centre last October and has failed to consult it on major plans to overhaul the treatment of alcohol abuse.
And they said that the relationship worsened when the Health department recently bought the Roseneath homeless shelter under the nose of the charity – even though it knew it had submitted its own bid for the property.
Full story in Saturday’s JEP
