Awards and Achievements

 

Detailed Awards and Achievements

Member of the British Empire New Years Honours List
(For services to people with alcohol problems)

Winners ‘Vision Awards’ sponsored by Department of Health for Pulse Magazine

Winners ‘The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Primary Care Team of the Year Award’ sponsored by MDDUS

Winners ‘NHS East of England Regional Innovation Fund Award’ (RIF)

Winners ‘Innovative Clinical Care Enterprise Award, Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) sponsored by MDU

Winners ‘Six Category Overall Winners Enterprise Award, Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) sponsored by MDU

As winners of an NHS Innovation Award, Nick’s treatment programme called ‘ANSWERS’ was licensed to the Gainsborough Foundation (GF) as a comprehensive teaching tool. Nick and GF Assistant Director Nikki de Villiers used it in surgeries and medical centres to treat their alcohol dependent patients, and trained others in the art.

Founded the Chaucer Clinic UK’s largest alcohol rehabilitation project and Adviser to the government on the Rough Sleepers Initiative

Founder of Addiction Network which had 1 million followers and ran for 5 years

‘The Nick Charles Case Book’ BBC Radio produced the first alcohol case history CD recorded by the BBC

Designed and founded the ‘ANSWERS’ Alcohol Recovery Programme, honoured and lauded by the medical profession

Designed the ACR (Alcohol Consumption Regime) the ACR will determine the extent of an individual’s dependence of alcohol, and if they have crossed the line into alcoholism

Awarded a partnership contract with 150+ GP’s across Cambridgeshire to work alongside them in medical centres

BOOKS:

‘Through A Glass Brightly’ (Autobiography)

‘The Honest Truth’ ACR (  Exploring Alcohol Dependency)

‘A Doctor’s Tonic’ (Available soon 2022)

‘50 Years of Hard Road’ (Autobiography)

‘Life in the Devil’s Cellar’ Biography of Nikki de Villiers (Coming Soon)

 ‘A Brutal Bequest’ Biography of IMDB listed actress Lesley Roach (Coming Soon)

‘Miss Reeves’ A Biographical, Alcohol Educational and Awareness Adventure story for young people (Coming Soon)

‘ANSWERS’ (Alcoholics Needs a Swift Widespread Educational Recovery Solution) Treatment manual for professional use only

Nick Charles’ work in the alcohol field is the most decorated in the United Kingdom