- Community substance misuse service
We are With You - Darlington
Assessment report published 27 October 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
We inspected We Are With You Darlington on 30 June and 1 July 2026. We last inspected the service in May 2022. At this time, the service operated from 1 hub on Coniscliffe Road in Darlington. There is now a second hub, on Tubwell Row also in Darlington., from which the main clinical work is delivered, including a needle exchange programme. We Are With You Darlington is 1 of only 2 community substance misuse services with onsite dispensaries in the whole of England and Wales.
The service was registered with the Care Quality Commission on 11 February 2021 to deliver the following regulated activity:
- Treatment of disease, disorder or injury.
The service has a registered manager who is also the controlled drugs accountable officer.
We inspected 1 assessment service group; community substance misuse services.
We rated the service as good and there were no breaches of regulations.
The population of the Borough of Darlington is approximately 113,400 to 114,000 based on recent local authority estimates. Darlington features a distinct socio-economic divide, with deep-seated urban deprivation contrasted by affluent suburban and rural areas. According to the official Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), the Borough of Darlington ranks 73rd out of 153 English local authorities, placing it close to the national average overall. However, out of the borough's 65 distinct neighbourhoods, 14 sit in the most deprived 10% of England, while 9 rank in the top 10% least deprived.