
In 2007 DYD was a runner up in the London NHS Innovator Awards. In 2009 we were commissioned by Kingston PCT and the Royal Borough of Kingston to lead a two year implementation project developing and evaluating a new alcohol service based on facilitated access to DYD in primary care. The new service was deemed successful and in 2011 was rolled out to include referrals from Accident & Emergency, hospital ward staff, specialist key workers, and self-referral from the public. In 2011 we launched a second implementation project, incorporating facilitated access to DYD into low intensity IAPT services in Islington PCT.