The calls coincide with a response from the Minister of State, Rosie Winterton, to a letter from local MP Virginia Bottomley asking for intervention.
The Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust, which runs local community health services, has received a recommendation from the professional executive committee to set up expanded alcohol treatment services and "create an effective community alcohol team".
The PEC has commissioned a report into how the improved services could be created.
Recommendations for an improved alcohol treatment service follows hot on the heels of the closure of the treatment centre at St Joseph's at Holy Cross Hospital as a result of a lack of commitment for funding and referrals from the PCT.
The PCT recently announced that is has secured the use of two inpatient beds at the Windmill Centre in Chertsey which are usually occupied by patients for two to three weeks at a time. This would be boosted further through an improved community team.
News of the calls for the improved service coincides with a reply from Mrs Winterton over the closure of St Joseph's. Mrs Bottomley had asked the minister to intervene to secure the future of St Joseph's, which was the only dedicated inpatient alcohol treatment service in Waverley but run by a charity.
However, Mrs Winterton has replied that while she understands local concerns it "would not be appropriate for me to intervene".
She said that the government had given powers to local health providers to commission services at a local level, instead of dictating on a national level, meaning that any intervention would be a step backwards. The minister said she was aware that the PCT has commissioned the services at Windmill "which makes up for the service that the PCT had previously commissioned from Holy Cross Hospital".
Mrs Winterton's letter added: "The PCT is satisfied that the Windmill Service has a proven record of success in the detoxification and rehabilitation care for substance mis-users in west Surrey and is therefore able to provide a trusted and effective service."
Virginia Bottomley described the ministers's response as "indifference". She said: "There is great affection and respect for the work undertaken at Holy Cross Hospital. St Joseph's made a particularly valuable contribution to the treatment of drug and alcohol misuse over the years.
"The key issue now is to ensure that the people of SW Surrey receive the help they need from the Windmill Service in Chertsey.
"Given the distance, we must be sure that there is readily available local provision. I have therefore written to the Windmill asking for specific details of their services and how they will they will assist those for whom Chertsey is remote."




