About Specialist Services – London
Specialist Services, delivered by East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) from 9 Alie Street in Aldgate, provides community healthcare, GP-linked support and substance misuse services for adults, alongside care for learning disabilities. It is one of several community service lines ELFT runs under the same registration.
The location registered with CQC on 14 April 2016 and has not been separately rated since; ELFT’s own provider-wide well-led rating of Good, published 29 October 2026, gives the clearer picture of how the trust is run overall.
Facility Type
Setting and Surroundings
A town setting near Islington. The nearest town is Whitechapel (population 15k), under a mile away.
Nearest named features
- Swanfield StreetHill · under a mile
- Boating LakeLake · 4.2 miles
- West Warwick ReservoirReservoir · 4.4 miles
- Yantlet beachBeach · 32 miles
Getting there
- London City Airport (LCY)Regional airport · 5.5 miles
- London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH)Regional airport · 13 miles
Setting and distances are calculated from this facility’s coordinates against GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), OurAirports and Natural Earth. Distances are straight line, not driving distance.
Specialist Services Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services
Specialist Services brings together community health, general practice-linked support, learning disability care and substance misuse services for adults under one registration, rather than offering a single standalone programme. The exact mix a person receives depends on which strand of the service they’re referred into.
Anyone approaching Specialist Services for substance misuse support specifically should expect to be matched with the relevant community team, since the service covers several different adult needs rather than running one uniform treatment pathway.
Levels of Care
Substances and Addictions Treated
Mental Health Disorders Treated
Counseling and Therapy
Specialized Programs
Specialist Services Address, Location and Contact Information
The service operates from 9 Alie Street in Aldgate, in the City of London, close to Aldgate East station and well connected by bus and Underground. The E1 8DE postcode places it within ELFT’s central east London services.
ELFT’s website, elft.nhs.uk, is the most reliable way to find current contact routes and confirm which team to approach for a particular need.
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Is Treatment at Specialist Services Free?
Support through Specialist Services is NHS-funded, provided by ELFT as part of publicly commissioned community healthcare and substance misuse services for adults, so there is no charge for accessing this route. Patients using this NHS service are not billed for the care it provides.
Anyone considering a privately funded substance misuse or learning disability service instead would be looking at private market pricing rather than anything offered here, and costs vary by provider. ELFT’s own teams can confirm what NHS support is available for a specific adult’s needs.
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Specialist Services Reviews and Ratings
Reviews of Specialist Services combine comments found elsewhere on the web with feedback submitted directly through RehabSeekers, built for people searching for this particular ELFT service. Given the mix of needs it covers, reviewers’ experiences can vary quite widely.
If you’ve used Specialist Services, whether for substance misuse support or another strand of the programme, adding your own review here helps other adults in east London understand what contacting this service actually involves.
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