The industry funded alcohol education charity Drinkaware has released an independent review of its activities , with mixed findings over its effectiveness to date. Download the report here [pdf] or appendices . The review was carried out by consultancy firm 23Red which in the executive summary identifies its main findings as: 2.1 This is a mixed report
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.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-health, binge drinking, children, council, daily, global-strategy, Guidance, health, policy, policy-alliance, statement
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
As the Government's consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) and other measures draws to a close next week (5th February), various industry and health groups are making their cases for and against.
Filed in Evidence Base, UK Alcohol Policy, tobacco
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-health, analysis, government, health, minimum-pricing, online-response, research, smith-institute, university
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Dry January? Thousands opt for month off the booze Both Alcohol Concern and Cancer Research UK have promoted alcohol-free January challenges, attracting a fair bit of media attention
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, britain, charity, daily, government, guardian, health, london, policy, science, winehouse
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Last week, 19-25 November was designated Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) 2012 by Alcohol Concern .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged binge drinking, brief-advice, choose-the-week, council, european, health, new-initiatives, police, policy, promote-various, regional-bodies, snowden
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A new Alcohol Concern and Balance North East report explores binge drinking, attitudes and influences amongst young people and argues a 50 pence minimum price is needed. Download 'Binge – Drinking to get drunk: Influences on young adult drinking behaviours' [pdf] An Alcohol Concern press release reported that the UK’s young people say it is cheaper to get drunk than go to the cinema. One thousand 16-24 year olds were asked about their views and experiences by a specialist survey research agency.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-office, balance-north, binge drinking, cinema, defining, european, learning, north, policy, press-release, surveyed-agreed, young people
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
The week of 19-25 November has been designated Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) 2012 by Alcohol Concern . The theme of “It’s time to talk about
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, binge drinking, broadway-cinema, few-highlighted, life, london-fire, nottinghamshire, paid-the-price, press-release, price, raise-awareness, recovery, social-drinkers, week
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Minimum pricing debates re-heating The alcohol pricing battleground has been intensifying with the forthcoming consultation on proposals within the alcohol strategy , and as Scotland attempt to implement a 50 pence per unit minimum price. With the actual minimum price for England still to be set, arguments for and against minimum pricing are being re-stated. Supporters have recently claimed a new Canadian study provides further evidence it would have a beneficial impact – a notion much disputed by Diageo's Mark Baird
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol industry, beer, drink-wise, health, legal, licensing, london, minimum-pricing, north-west, public-health, society, worker
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Children and teenagers recognised too as perpertrators A new report has identified parents as sufferers of abuse and violence from substance misusing children. The report by Adfam and Against Violence and Abuse (AVA) explores and documents Child to Parent Violence (CPV) and consulted with 88 parents seeking support from services. Between a rock and a hard place – Project report (pdf) Between a rock and a hard place – Executive summary (pdf) Key findings from the research found: Children as young as 11 and as old as 40 are physically, emotionally and/or mentally abusing their parents There is a significant correlation between substance misuse and perpetrating domestic violence 88% of victims of abuse were female and 12% were male That abuses range from lower grade emotional manipulation to at the extreme end deaths.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged bbc, child, children, commissioner, domestic-violence, Guidance, learning, mental-health, parent-violence, project, silent-voices
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