Recent bulletins from the drug and alcohol bank : Should we teach teenagers to drink more safely? Official guidance for England supports 'safer drinking' lessons for teenagers, based partly on the results of an Australian curriculum, but it was unclear whether its approach and results would transfer to the UK. Now this study from Northern Ireland has confirmed that in the UK too the lessons curb the growth in alcohol-related problems and also mean pupils drink less.
Also filed in UK Alcohol Policy, cocaine
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Tagged alcohol, alcohol-findings, australian, better-outcomes, climate, cocaine, curb-the-growth, Guidance, health-clinics, later-developed, north, research, study, teach-teenagers
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The alcohol IBA blog was set up to promote learning, understanding and the delivery of IBA through news, links and ideas on IBA from a range of contributors. The blog now has a discussion forum for anyone to share their views, comments or questions on any IBA issues. Recent posts from the IBA blog are highlighted below: Full AUDIT screening Vs shorter tools (FAST, AUDIT-C etc) for IBA The 10 question full AUDIT is the ‘gold standard’ screening tool for the identification of alcohol use disorders.
Also filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged alcohol, audit, Guidance, guidelines, happening-large, health, iba, identification, manager, policy, resources, twitter-updates, work
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An evaluation of Scotland's Licensing 2005 Act has been released , reporting positive impacts such as fewer irresponsible promotions and benefits of an appointed Licensing Standards Officer (LSO) for each council. Download the Licensing (Scotland) Act Evaluation Final Report.pdf Scotland's Licensing Act came into effect in September 2009 and outlaws promotions providing alcohol free of charge, or at a discounted price on the purchase of one or more drinks. It also bans licensed premises from offering happy hours, drinking games or speed drinking deals.
On Wednesday, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is due to publish fresh guidance on “new approaches to help reduce the harm from smoking tobacco”.
A new guidance document for commissioning drug and alcohol services has been released by the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCPMH). Guidance for commissioners of drug and alcohol services [pdf] presents an overview of key considerations for those with local remits for developing treatment services
Also filed in UK Alcohol Policy, Workforce Development, recovery
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Tagged alcohol, alcohol-liaison, commissioning, from-the-invest, health, highlights-ten, impact-changes, local strategy, mental-health, nice, public-health, recovery, resources-now, support-drug
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Since October 2012, Local Authorities have had the power to introduce a Late Night Levy (LNL) on premises opening after midnight under the PRSA 2011 . The Levy is intended as a means of raising a contribution towards police and council accrued costs of the late-night economy.
The shadow London Health Improvement Board (LHIB) has co-ordinated the development of a Licensing Information Pack to support local licensing activity. Download Licensing Information Pack: resources to inform local action on alcohol misuse (pdf) Section One covers 'Information, Guidance & Tools', which outlines a range of local and national data sources; the organisations that collect them; and how to access the data.
Also filed in Evidence Base, UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged access-the-data, Evidence Base, guidance-issued, licensing, london-health, negative-impact, network, organisations, police, the-development, tools
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Commissioners in England are being asked to partake in a survey of alcohol services in hospital settings in England by the National Treatment Agency (NTA). The NTA are to be part of Public Health England (PHE) as of 1st April. Investment in a variety of models of hospital based alcohol services has increased in recent years, particularly since 2009 Department of Health alcohol guidance identified 'Appoint an Alcohol Health Worker' as a 'High Impact Change'.
The Government has emphasised it is yet to confirm its decision on minimum unit pricing (MUP) as Home Office minister Jeremy Brown said the Government were listening to “powerfull arguments on both sides” following the recent consultation. The Home Office website still states it “will introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol” – but for how long? Last week fresh reports that the Prime Minister had u-turned on minimum unit pricing emerged, suggesting he had given in to pressure from a number of cabinet ministers.
Also filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-health, binge drinking, children, council, daily, global-strategy, Guidance, health, policy, policy-alliance, statement
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Monday, February 25, 2013
A comparison of drinking guidelines around the world shows there is little consensus between countries on what constitutes ‘safe’ or lower risk alcohol consumption. In this guest post, Dr Richard de Visser , a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex explores the study conducted with Doctoral student Ms Nina Furtwængler.
Also filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged belgium, cyprus, daily, european, european-member, government, health, house, kenya, psychology, slovakia, study
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