NICK BARTON

Nick Barton is chief executive of Action on Addiction, which was formed in May 2007 following the merger of Clouds, The Chemical Dependency Centre and the’ old’ Action on Addiction.

Nick was a founding member and former chairman of the European Association for the Treatment of Addiction, of which he is now a trustee.  He was a member of the Independent Healthcare Association’s Mental Health Committee and was a trustee of the Nelson Trust. 

He has developed substance misuse training to industry, provided consultancy to help set up treatment centres abroad, written articles, spoken at conferences, advised various government agencies and contributed to books on addiction.

Nick holds an MA in Clinical Psychology. He practiced in America and the UK as a psychologist, psychotherapist and marriage, family and child counsellor before becoming involved in the addiction field in the mid 1980s.

He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate of health from the University of Bath for his contribution to the field of addiction treatment.