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The National Context - Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery Iain Armstrong PHE Alcohol Programme Manager South of England The Issue 2 Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery Alcohol Commodity Drug Toxic It


  1. The National Context - Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery Iain Armstrong PHE Alcohol Programme Manager South of England

  2. The Issue 2 Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery

  3. Alcohol  Commodity  Drug  Toxic  It can be, at the same time, a food, a drug and an elaborate cultural artefact with important symbolic meaning 3 Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery

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  7. 7 ALCOHOL HARM-PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY

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  9. Risks 9 ALCOHOL HARM-PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY

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  15. Nottingham 15 ALCOHOL HARM-PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY

  16. Nottingham 16 ALCOHOL HARM-PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY

  17. What needs to be done? • For those who drink, we need to make lower risk drinking an easy choice to make • We need to target those most a risk • We need to respond to, and reduce the harm experienced by those who have already developed problems 17 Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery

  18. Effective Alcohol Policy (WHO)  Price  Regulating physical availability  Modifying the drinking environment  Drink-driving countermeasures  Brief interventions (IBA)  Specialist treatment 18 Alcohol Harm-prevention, Treatment and Recovery

  19. PHE high level objective and actions • Developing the evidence and increasing awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol and the impact of interventions to support policy development nationally and locally • Supporting and promoting effective use of licensing legislation and local powers to create a safer drinking environment that encourages people who drink to do so at a lower risk levels • Encouraging and supporting people who drink to do so within the lower risk levels • Reducing the harmful impact of alcohol on individuals who already experience harm • Supporting improvements in treatment provision in line with NICE guidance 19 Alcohol in PHE

  20. What local areas can do to address alcohol-related harm: • Local behaviour change campaigns that include alcohol • Local Responsibility Deals that include alcohol • Effective use of DsPH statutory powers in the Licencing Act • Local use of powers to restrict the irresponsible sale of alcohol • Implementation of the alcohol Health Check in line with guidance • Significant expansion of Identification and Brief Advice in a range of settings • Effective use of hospital-based alcohol services • Specialist treatment that is accessible and matched to local need • Treatment services that are good quality and compliant with NICE guidance 20 Alcohol in PHE

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