Data Tools

Tools

The following tools and guidance can be used by commissioners as an aid for needs assessment, treatment capacity, service impact and planning your responses in local alcohol service delivery.

The Alcohol Ready Reckoner has been produced by the DH to assist you with the planning of interventions and the Rush article and tools provide context as to why the Ready Reckoner was generated.

• Ready Reckoner v4
  This ready reckoner aims to assist PCTs to select interventions to reduce alcohol related hospital admissions in the short term. These interventions are High Impact Changes. The ready reckoner spreadsheet...
• Ready Reckoner Instructions V4
  This document provides guidance on how to use the alcohol ready reckoner data tool to assist PCT's with the commissioning of interventions. Published July 2009.
• Rush Model Spreadsheet - Average PCT
• Rush Article
  The Rush Article, 'A systems approach to estimating the required capacity of alcohol treatment services' looks at how to produce, 'a model for estimating the required capacity of alcohol treatment systems...

GP Alcohol Templates and DES Guidance

You can access the instructions on use and EMIS PCS and LV templates here

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on these tools which you can provide by adding your posts to the Data topic on the General Q&A Discussion forum. Alternatively contact us at: info@alcohollearningcentre.org.uk.