Since the Queen's speech failed to confirm whether Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) truly has has been ditched, the jostling, debate and politics surrounding the issue goes on.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, tobacco
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Also tagged british, british-society, daily, government, highly-regarded, implementation, media, minimum-pricing, policy, tobacco, wine
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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.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, audit, Guidance, guidelines, happening-large, iba, identification, manager, policy, resources, twitter-updates, work
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Some recent media stories and other reports are highlighted below. 'Middle classes are in denial' or 'know better than experts' were recent headlines responding to research published in the BMC
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-concern, alcohol-policy, bbc, binge drinking, closer, crime, licensing, local strategy, policy, reports, research, since-the-1950s, telegraph
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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
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, Workforce Development, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-liaison, commissioning, from-the-invest, highlights-ten, impact-changes, local strategy, mental-health, nice, public-health, recovery, resources-now, support-drug
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NHS Health Scotland have published a report that evaluates the impact of the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act on off-trade alcohol sales in Scotland. The report found the introduction of the Act, which included a ban on multi-buy promotions, was associated with an overall 2.6% decrease in off-trade alcohol sales, largely driven by a 4% decline in off-trade wine sales. The Act was also associated with an 8.5% decline in pre-mixed alcohol beverages, although these account for a very small proportion of the overall off-trade market.
This month an event took place exploring 'Alcohol consumption in adolescence and early adult life: What are the consequences?' . It was organised by the Cohorts and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER), a consortium of the UK’s leading birth cohort and longitudinal studies. 'High alcohol consumption – especially among young people – continues to be a major social and public health concern in the UK.
A program co-led by St. Michael’s Hospital could be the next widely used model to treat patients who are frequent users of the health care system and have severe addictions, often complicated by homelessness and mental health problems…
A program co-led by St. Michael’s Hospital could be the next widely used model to treat patients who are frequent users of the health care system and have severe addictions, often complicated by homelessness and mental health problems…
Abstract Aims Animal models show that a single dose of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamhetamine (MDMA; ecstasy’) can result in long-term disruption of sleep.
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis, tobacco
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Also tagged association, brief-patient, data-on-ecstasy, electoral, follow-up-every, people-at-wave, personality, psychosocial, relationship, study, substances, through-life, total-health, using-the-brief
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Long after a hangover, a night of bad decisions might take a bigger toll on the body than previously understood.
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged alcoholic-liver, alcoholism, bad-decisions, bigger-toll, current, experimental, might-take, missouri, other-health, risk, the-current, university
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