Headteacher 'not told' about drug addict's needle exchange next to his primary school

Lime Tree Primary School

Ewell Road

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Surbiton.com: July 15, 2013 - 5:00am

A Surbiton headteacher said he was not “kept in the loop” about a needle exchange for drug addicts which was put next door to his new primary school.

Liberal Democrat councillors faced an onslaught of angry parents and teachers, who claimed the drug rehabilitation service at Surbiton Health Centre was kept secret, at a meeting on July 5.

A spokesman for Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group, which controls spending decisions for the NHS, said the decision was dealt with by its predecessor organisation, since axed by the primary care trust, but public health was now a council matter. A Kingston Council spokesman said needle exchange services reduced risk as users were more likely to dispose of their needles safely. The situation was monitored closely and there had been no reported incidents, he said. But Kinga Kulesza, mother of a child at Lime Tree Primary, said there have already been incidents where children have been exposed to indecent behaviour. Jason Clelland, another parent of a child at Lime Tree Primary, will present a 700-strong petition at a council meeting at Guildhall on Tuesday, July 16, at 7.30pm.

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