Est. 2025 · United KingdomFor General Practitioners
Alcohol dependence sits outside the GMS contract — but it walks into your consultation room every week. Clean Slate Clinic was built by GPs, for GPs: a CQC-registered home detox service that takes the clinical management completely off your plate.
We prescribe, monitor, and support your patient through assessment, medicated withdrawal, and 12 months of recovery care — keeping you informed at every step. No shared care. No extra appointments. Nothing added to your list.
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The clinical case for community detox
NICE CG115 (Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management) recommends that patients with moderate alcohol dependence who need assisted withdrawal “should usually be offered a community-based programme.” Inpatient detox is reserved for patients with SADQ scores above 30, seizure or delirium tremens history, significant comorbidities, or concurrent benzodiazepine dependence.
For the majority of your patients who don’t meet those thresholds, community detox is the guideline-endorsed default. This is what we offer in the Clean Slate Clinic Programme.
“Community alcohol detox has high completion rates, achieves better drinking outcomes than inpatient detox, and is 10–22× cheaper.
Nadkarni et al., systematic review
What happens when you refer
This can be done via the online form or by just providing the patient with our contact details
Our clinical team conducts an assessment within 48 hours and confirms suitability.
With our programme of comprehensive medical assessment, blood tests (we arrange and manage), detox plan with medication (if required) which we prescribe, monitor and follow up together with 12 months of recovery care.
You receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours if you refer. Once a patient starts the programme, you will receive a clinic letter with planned detox start date and relevant information then an update after the detox review. We will share any relevant results with you for your information but not add additional non-contracted workload. We’ll let you know if we’re prescribing ongoing anti-craving medications and prescribe & review these as we go through the 12 month programme with your patient
Who is suitable
Clean Slate’s clinical team conducts a full suitability assessment before any tdates at the point of referral.
Our service directly supports QOF indicators (MH007, MH021) and improves QOF outcomes by helping patients reach BP, HbA1c and lipid targets through alcohol cessation. We return SNOMED-coded results so your records, and your QOF, reflect the gains.
Pricing in clinical context
Clean Slate costs £3,600 for a full 12-month programme; assessment, prescribing, blood tests, clinician contacts, daily monitoring (during detox) and recovery support included. This works out as around £11 a day which is cheaper than drinking for most patients on the programme. As a Social Enterprise we are mission driven to cover our costs so we can help as many people as possible
We do not currently have insurer or government funding in the UK, but are working towards this. Payment plans are available.
Credentials and evidence
Clean Slate Clinic was founded by Dr Chris Davis, a UK-trained GP and Addiction Medicine Specialist. The Australian service has supported over 3,000 clients since launch and is the subject of an independent evaluation by the University of Sydney, reporting 84% of clients meeting their alcohol goals post-detox and 95% client satisfaction.
The UK service launched in 2025 with CQC registration (ID 1-22152371205) and follows NICE CG115-aligned clinical protocols. We commit to publishing UK outcomes data as it accumulates.
Referral documents and clinical reading
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