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Alcohol Learning Centre

Improving Local Alcohol Interventions

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  • Resource Pack to support the delivery of alcohol IBA in sexual health settings
  • NHS Outcome Framework has been published
  • Voices of Experience & Alcohol Learning Centre
    Voices of experience: stories of change: This report is aimed at people who drink on the streets. It shares people's stories of making positive changes after street drinking, and we hope it will inspire people to make changes. It is also a resource that practitioners can use in key work sessions to discuss some of the issues that affect many street drinkers.
  • 'E-course' to help hospital staff assist alcohol users
    An online alcohol awareness course has been developed to help medical staff assist patients to choose healthier drinking behaviour.
  • NICE alcohol services commissioning guide
    NICE guidance provides evidence based recommendations about clinically effective and cost-effective treatments and interventions to improve health outcomes for individuals and local populations.
  • Preventing suicide in England
    The consultation on the new cross-government suicide prevention strategy for England, to reduce the suicide rate and improve support for those bereaved or affected by suicide, has been published. The draft strategy brings together knowledge about groups at higher risk of suicide, effective interventions and resources available
  • The Alcohol Systems Model
    The Alcohol Systems Model to assist with alcohol commissioning and service planning has been published on the Alcohol Learning Centre.
  • Young People, Alcohol and Innovation
    The South West Alcohol Improvement Programme supports activity across the region to reduce alcohol related health harms and alcohol attributable hospital admissions
  • Alcohol Treatment Payment by Results
    Payment by Results (PbR) was first introduced in the NHS in 2003/04.This was a move away from sweeping block contracts that supported NHS hospitals up to that time and a move towards payment for the activity they delivered.
  • Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Update and way forward
    The Government has published a response to the public health white paper consultation and NHS Listening Exercise. It reaffirms the Government's determination to create a more effective public health system and sets out progress to date.

The Alcohol Learning Centre aims to share resources on local alcohol improvement interventions nationally. The appropriateness of initiatives will vary from one local area to another and inclusion of local initiatives, or actions, on this site does not represent endorsement by the Alcohol Learning Centre or Department of Health. Wherever possible we have described the evidence on which interventions are based. We work with and are supported by the Department of Health (opens a new window).