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Programs & Services


Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH)

The Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH) Team strives to improve health outcomes and health care access for patients with substance use disorders. This team delivers specialty consult services to emergency department patients and hospital inpatients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. This team also provides patient-centered, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care. By using a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach, the team supports patients at every step in their recovery journey.

The ARCH Team works with a patient's care team in the emergency department (ED) or inpatient setting and assists with:

  • complex withdrawal management
  • treatment and recovery planning
  • counselling, peer and psychosocial supports
  • overdose prevention
  • referrals to wraparound addiction recovery supports
  • linkage to primary and community-based care
  • connections to housing, healthcare coverage, income supports and identification
  • other health promotion interventions

Contact Details

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Location Info
1911 Women's Centre
Address
10240 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 3V9
Telephone
780-613-5022
Fax
780-613-5026
Getting There

Parking and Public transportation available

Hours of Operation
Days of the Week

Monday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tuesday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Wednesday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Thursday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Note

Monday to Friday Dr. on call until 9:00 pm.

Saturday and Sunday Dr. on call for urgent consult.

Access
Service Providers May Include
addiction counsellors, doctors, educational coordinators, evaluation consultants, nurse practitioners (NPs), peer support workers, social workers
Eligibility

Patients must be an inpatient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and have an active substance use disorder and / or be dealing with social inequity.

Service Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Also Known As
Acronym
ARCH, ICHWP
Other
Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH) Team, Inner City Health and Wellness Program