Ocean Recovery is an alcohol and drug rehabilitation clinic and part of Integrated Health Care Management Group, which provides governance and clinical oversight across its network of health and social care services.
Since Ocean Recovery first opened in 2014, our 13-bed residential treatment facility has treated adults aged 18 and over. Located on Blackpool’s North Shore Promenade, the clinic is an attractive 19th-century building with a beautiful sea view.
We offer a variety of developed and personalised addiction treatment programmes for clients seeking addiction recovery and aim to improve our clients’ wellbeing long-term. With experience treating various drug and alcohol addictions, our team are available to support residents throughout their detox process and ensure that they are comfortable during their time at Ocean Recovery.
Our expert medical team also provides free aftercare programmes to support health, wellbeing, and sobriety after residents complete their stay with us.
Our specialist addiction recovery team supports people to successfully complete their treatment whilst working closely with their families, employers, partners, and clients to tackle long-term substance addiction issues and break the cycle of addiction.
The alcohol and drug rehabilitation programmes we offer are accepted via privately funded or statutory-funded admissions and have been designed through years of research and experience, helping us deliver effective person-centred treatment.
The goal at Ocean Recovery is to achieve patient recovery in the most comfortable and positive environment possible. Our expert medical team, beautiful facility location, and varied holistic approaches make our clinic unlike any other rehabilitation treatment centre in the UK.
We are committed to helping individuals, communities, and families to achieve recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Founded on our five core values, at Ocean Recovery we work hard to ensure that our values remain at the heart of everything we do with our clients, staff, and partners.
The team ensures that respect is shown to both patients and staff alike, we persevere with treatment to find solutions for patients, and we embrace change as we are always open to suggestions which may improve our services.
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Our Blackpool rehab centre aims to support patient recovery in a safe, private and relaxing setting. It’s important to us that patients feel at ease during their time at our centre, particularly as the drug or alcohol detox phase of treatment can be a challenging period.
At Ocean Recovery Centre, our team includes doctors, psychiatrists, and nurses, as well as dedicated recovery workers with firsthand insight into the recovery journey, bringing genuine understanding and empathy to clients.
European Pioneer of NAD+ Therapy John has travelled extensively around…
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John Gillen
European Pioneer of NAD+ Therapy
John has travelled extensively around the world, culminating in 19 years’ experience looking at different models. He is the European pioneer of NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) treatment to Europe in 2010; and recently back from the USA bringing state of the art Virtual Reality Relapse Prevention and stress reduction therapy. His passion extends to other metabolic disturbances and neurodegenerative diseases. The journey continues. In recent times, John has travelled to Russia to study and research into a new therapy photobiomudulation or systemic laser therapy working with NAD+ scientists and the very best of the medical professionals in the UK and the USA, together with Nadcell, Bionad Hospitals own select Doctors, nurses, dieticians and therapists. Johns’ passion continues to endeavour to bring to the UK and Europe new developments with NAD+ Therapy in preventive and restorative medicine and Wellness. In 2017 John Gillen was made a visiting Professor at the John Naisbitt university in Belgrade Serbia.
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Madissar Iqbal
Madissar has a wealth of experience in a managerial position within substance misuse for over 20 years, working with offending behaviour and criminal justice. Madissar began his career as a prison officer in 2000 and progressed further in the substance misuse field within the prison settings delivering various short duration programmes and linking prisoners to community-based treatment providers before their release. In 2006 Madissar successfully managed to set up the Drug Intervention Programme within Bedfordshire. This later transpired to successfully securing a service manager role and developing the Drug Rehabilitation Requirement Order. Madissar successfully secured various managerial positions within the substance misuse field with joint partnership working with Integrated Offender Management and police in reducing drug-related offending behaviour. Madissar gained extensive experience and expertise working for several organisations, such as Adapt, Rapt, Addaction, Westminster Drug Project, Hertfordshire Couty Council, NHS and Next Step Support. Madissar holds a diploma in level 5 Leadership and Management and has extensive experience in the senior managerial role. Madissar passion lies in supporting services to achieve their goals and objectives. In the last two years, Madissar progressed further in mental health as a senior managerial role, overseeing residential rehabilitation and supporting living accommodations with adults (18+) with a range of diverse complex needs.
Phil is an experienced and dedicated recovery worker; he has…
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Phil Grimes
Phil is an experienced and dedicated recovery worker; he has been at Ocean Recovery since 2016. He is passionate about helping others transform their lives, having spent 25 years in addiction himself. He has been clean and living his best life since 2008. He is an experienced group facilitator and qualified life coach who uses CBT, NLP and ACT mindfulness relapse prevention techniques, all of which he is qualified in. He has a wealth of experience, having worked with young offenders, homeless, prolific offenders, and complex mental health needs. Phil thrives in the recovery environment and is a passionate, forward-thinking and realistic member of the team.
Situated on Queens Promenade, Ocean Recovery benefits from extensive views of the sea and Blackpool beach. The building has undergone extensive refurbishment and an extension, offering light, fresh accommodation that is perfect for residential recovery. Our Blackpool centre is designed to promote relaxation during treatment.
Throughout drug and alcohol rehab treatment programmes, clients at Ocean Recovery can either take advantage of our relaxing communal lounges and outside space with other residents at the centre or enjoy some alone time in the privacy of their private rooms.
We’re extremely proud of our state-of-the-art recovery facilities. They provides a space for residents to have the most relaxing stay possible while still receiving the support they need.
Ocean Recovery Facilities include:
CQC Registered
FREE Transportation Included
Medically Assisted Detoxification
Comfortable Communal Lounge
Beautiful Modern Dining Lounge
External Courtyard and Outside Seating Area
12 Months FREE Aftercare
Regular Contact with Loved Ones Encouraged
Double or Single Bedrooms
Rooms with Ensuite Bathrooms
Lounge Areas with Sky TV and a Piano
Nutritious Dining Facilities and an Outdoor Courtyard
Speak to an advisor today to find out more about the rehabilitation programmes we offer at our drug and alcohol rehab centre
94 Queen's Promenade, Blackpool, FY2 9NS, Blackpool, FY2 9NS
Landline: 01253 847 553
Email: info@oceanrecoverycentre.com
Start your Recovery - Call us nowOur centre is regularly inspected to ensure that clients receive an excellent quality of safe care. Ocean Recovery has been recently inspected and rated ‘Good’ by the independent Care Quality Commission (CQC) which regulates and inspects all health and social care services in England.
They rated our response, leadership, care, and effectiveness as good, and the inspector noted: “clients told us staff were kind, caring and supportive towards them. Clients were involved in decisions about their care and treatment.” These inspections ensure that our residents receive the best quality of care which are in line with government regulations.
It’s important to treat not just the physical elements of addiction but the psychological effects too. Our expert team covers a wide variety of techniques which have been proven to teach clients an understanding of their lifestyle and treat their addiction. These include:
Our varied, detailed approach to recovery makes our treatment programme so successful. Contact us today to find out more about what we offer.
We are an accredited drug and alcohol rehab facility that works hard to provide personalised treatment plans and achieve client recovery.
To find out more about our treatment options or to start your admissions process today, call us on 01253 847 553, email us at info@oceanrecoverycentre.com or complete our online enquiry form.
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John is one UK’s leading professionals in the addiction recovery industry. Pioneering new treatment techniques such as NAD+ and ongoing research into new therapy techniques such as systematic laser therapy, John is committed to providing the very best treatment for people throughout the UK and Europe. During his extremely busy schedule, John likes to regularly update our blog section with the latest news and trends in the industry to keep visitors to our site as well informed as possible on everything related to addiction treatment.
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