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Alcohol Harm Data
Added on
30/10/2008
Updated on
10/02/2011
There are a number of data sources and guidance documents, designed to be supportive of JSNA and commissioning of alcohol interventions.
'Signs for Improvement -commissioning interventions to reduce alcohol-realted harm' provides guidance and evidence in the context of world class commissioning and many of the data resources listed below.
Data Tools for Commissioning including the DH Alcohol 'Ready Reckoner'
Local Alcohol Profiles for England
The North West Public Health Observatory 
(NWPHO) provides a number of datasets to support Joint Strategic Needs Assessment including Local Alcohol Profiles. NWPHO has produced the first local alcohol profiles set covering a range of indicators ranging from binge drinking levels, through specific alcohol related diseases and alcohol related hospital admissions to crime attributable to alcohol, including violent crime and sexual offences.
Alcohol-attributable fractions for England
DH provides quarterly and annual admissions trend data for every area against each of the conditions which are significantly (>20%) attributable to alcohol.
- Alcohol-attributable fractions for England (Alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admissions)
In England, alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) are annually applied to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and mortality data by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) to provide an indication...
Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project (ANARP)
Provides a comprehensive national picture of alcohol related needs and availability of treatment . There is considerable variation in the level of service availability for people with alcohol problems across the country that bears little relation to the variation in need within different regions. Overall, only 5.6% of the in-need population access alcohol treatment per annum. This is generally regarded as a very low level of service capacity.The Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project (ANARP) is the first alcohol needs assessment in England conducted on a national scale. You can search the complete list of 696 community, residential/inpatient alcohol treatment services, using a regional map.
- Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project (ANARP)
The Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project (ANARP) is the first alcohol needs assessment in England conducted on a national scale.
Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers (MoCAM)
MOCAM sets out best practice guidance for commissioning and delivering a planned and integrated local system of alcohol interventions. MoCAM provides a 4 tiered framework for planning alcohol interventions. By mapping existing services available in an area against the 4 tiers detailed in MoCAM, gaps in both the range of interventions required and the level of service capacity available can be compared with the levels of locally identified need.
- Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers (MoCAM)
Models of care for alcohol misusers (MoCAM) provides best practice guidance for local health organisations and their partners in delivering a planned and integrated local treatment system for adult alcohol...
Review of the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems
This review is a critical appraisal of the evidence base for the treatments available for people with alcohol problems. The review covers interventions ranging from simple advice and mutual aid to intensive specialist treatment. It was written to inform Models of Care for Alcohol Misusers (MoCAM). [Source: DH website]
- Review of the effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems
This review covers the published international research literature on alcohol interventions and treatment. In describing the effectiveness of the various interventions and treatments available it will...
Alcohol Statistics
NHS Information Centre Statistics on Alcohol
Older statistical reports and Neighbourhood Statistics (NESS) can be viewed on the NHS Information Health and Wellbeing pages .
- NHS Statistics on Alcohol 2010
- Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom 2000-2009
In 2009 there were 8,664 alcohol-related deaths in the UK, 367 fewer than the number recorded in 2008 (9,031) There were 5,690 deaths (17.4 per 100,000 population) in males and 2,974 (8.4 per 100,000)... - NATMS Statistics Report 2009 - 2010
Statistics from 1st April 2009 - 31st March 2010 show: There were 111,381 clients in contact with structured treatment aged 18 and over who cited alcohol as their primary problematic substance in 2009/10....
Hospital Episode Statistics
HES Online is the national statistical data warehouse for England of the are provided by NHS hospitals and for NHS hospital patients treated elsewhere. You can register for an account and create tailor made reports and tables using the HES data.