Alcohol Policy UK

Producer wanted for the Alcohol Policy UK podcast

Podcast fans and regular APUK readers may be wondering where the Alcohol Policy UK podcast has got to.  Well, we will be relaunching it bigger and better very soon.

The shout has gone out for a new producer for the podcast, via Adam (The Podfather)  Curry's Daily Source Code.  Listen to the show here (the alcohol bit is at 29 mins 32).  Thanks Adam.

So if you can help, please get in touch.

Domestic violence perpetration and alcohol: audio and resources from the alcoholpolicy.net/LDAN workshop

The fifth in the alcoholpolicy.net/LDAN 2007 series of alcohol strategy action planning workshops looked at alcohol-related domestic violence, and interventions with perpetrators.  The workshop featured speakers, discussion and debate.

Below is audio from the first part of the session.  The workshop report and audio from Christine Noon (talking about Probation's response) and Keri Abbadi (joint working through the MARAC) will be added shortly.

Introduction by Libby Ranzetta, alcoholpolicy.net
Overview of the issues by Karen Bailey, Stella Project

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Working with perpetrators who have alcohol problems by Stuart Cameron, Tryangle Project

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Links to things Stuart mentioned: BAGRA

DV alcohol arrest referral pilot by Hannah Lindsell and Claire Sibson, Lewisham

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NDTMS and alcohol data: background and queries pt1

We reported in August that alcohol and drug services are required to submit alcohol data to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from April 2008.  I asked Don Shenker, Director of Policy and Services at Alcohol Concern for some background to this, and about support for services in meeting this requirement.  Here's what he said:

Meanwhile, Mary Longley, Primary Care Alcohol Development Facilitator at Camden PCT sent me this query: 

I was wondering, do you have any information about plans to introduce reporting for alcohol in April 2008?  I'm particularly interested to know if the format of counting the number of days' consumption of alcohol in the last 28 which is required for current drugs monitoring is going to be replicated, and how it is intended that any system of quantification be dovetailed with screening instruments which fail to yield this information comprehensively?

If any readers have answers or other queries, please do send them in (email me) or leave a comment.

Alcohol Liaison Forum: screening and early interventions in A&E - audio from the presentations

The Alcohol Liaison Forum took place on Wednesday 28th March at the Soho Centre for Health and Care in Central London. The focus of the event  was alcohol liaison work in hospitals and health care settings.  It was attended by nurses, alcohol and/or drugs workers with an interest in alcohol liaison at hospitals or other settings, and other interested parties such as commissioners and service managers.

The first Substance Misuse Liaison Nurses Conference was held in Birmingham in October 2006. Attendees wanted to keep in touch to discuss the issues of such work, especially with increasing developments in alcohol liaison in hospitals.  Download the programme here.

The speakers include leading experts and practitioners in alcohol liaison work and Wernicke's Encephalopathy.

1. Robin Touquet: Introduction slides (1-13)

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2. Allan Thomson: Wernicke’s encephalopathy - clinical aspects from diagnosis to treatment and prevention slides 14-20 

Video used in the presentation

Irene Guerrini: Alocal related thiamine deficiency: what can we do in the community? slides 21-35

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3. Moya Forsythe, Rachel Cloudesley, Ruth Cooke, Paramabandhu Groves: Development of alcohol screening and liaison slides

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4. Bob Patton: Alcohol problems in A&E: researching the interventions slides

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5. Adrian Brown: Alcohol withdrawal management slides

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The speakers (left to right): Moya Forsythe, Robin Touquet, Rachel Cloudesley, Bob Patton, Ruth Cooke, Allan Thomson, Adrian Brown, Irene Guerrini, Paramabandhu Groves

View all photos from the Forum here.

Alcohol Policy UK podcast: Don't Walk Away (APUK10)

A Merseyside paramedic’s campaign to tackle teenage binge-drinking has been taken up as an example of good practice by alcohol abuse teams in France, Jersey and South Africa.

Steve Evans, who works for North West Ambulance Service, has won numerous awards for his Don’t Walk Away campaign designed to teach young people to deal with the consequences of alcohol abuse.

Since he started the campaign more than five years ago he has distributed more than 10,000 packs of information consisting of posters, first aid advice leaflets, power point presentations, lesson plans and DVDs (see Resources, below), via schools, youth organisations and simply meeting youngsters on the streets round the region.

Don’t Walk Away takes a hands-on approach to giving young people the knowledge about what to do when one of their group has consumed too much alcohol, by telling them how to put a person into the recovery position to prevent choking, what to do with an unconscious person, how to make the area safe and how to prevent hypothermia.

This podcast features an interview with Steve Evans.

 

00.00 Intro, music by Kaimoku

00.19 Introduction; get in touch by email; waxmail; or leave a comment on the site

05.53 What children drink...vodka, white cider, Lambrini

07.01 Under 18 alcohol-related hospital admissions data, NWPHO

10.30 Department of Health advice on alcohol poisoning etc

11.25 Teachernet

13.32 Don't Walk Away posters in TV soaps: The Bill, Emmerdale, Holby City

15.15 Using Rotary International to get the message out

17.53 Effectiveness of the campaign

19.30 Children's drinking etiquette

20.20 Music: Sinkin Drinkin Fits by Jessy Moss

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Resources

• Don't Walk Away Powerpoint presentation
• "When things go wrong" first aid advice
• Don't Walk Away video about the campaign (see below)

 

Alcohol Policy UK podcast: Alcohol-related stroke - a survivor's story (APUK09)

The relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke is complicated: moderate drinking reduces the risk of some types of stroke, whilst heavy drinking increases the risk of all types.  The Stroke Association Factsheet: Alcohol and Stroke explains:

Nearly nine out of 10 strokes are ischaemic – caused by blood clots blocking arteries. As with heart attacks, small amounts of alcohol seem to help protect against this type of stroke.

The remaining percentage of strokes are haemorrhagic – bleeding caused by burst blood vessels in or around the brain. Alcohol does not protect against haemorrhagic strokes and even relatively small amounts of alcohol – two or three units per day – can double or treble the risk of having a haemorrhagic stroke.

Recent research has also shown that heavy drinking increases the risk of all types of stroke. A large Scottish study, which followed nearly 6,000 men over a period of 20 years, found that those who drank five or more units per day were twice as likely to die from a stroke compared with those who didn’t drink.

This episode of the Alcohol Policy UK podcast features an interview with Derek Mclean who has written a book, Return Ticket Please about his experiences of surviving an alcohol-related stroke in his 30s.

00.00 Intro, music by Kaimoku

01.13 Interview with Derek Mclean

18.54 contact Derek

20.20 Music by Fall Down Drunk by Summer at Shatter Creek

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Alcohol Policy UK podcast: alcohol in Europe (APUK08)

00.00 Intro, music by Kaimoku

00.34 Get in touch: email us or send an audio comment using waxmail or MP3 to contact@alcoholpolicy.net leave a comment at Alcohol Policy UK, leave a voicemail on mobotalk (see right hand panel)

01.00 Ben Baumberg, Policy and Research Officer, Institute of Alcohol Studies;  RAND report: An Ex Ante Assessment of the Economic Impacts of EU Alcohol Policies;
Alcohol in Europe full report here, summary, IAS press pack; An EU strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol related harm, also the press release

02.20 overview of the report Alcohol in Europe

03.34 problems with comparing alcohol data across Europe; ESPAD; ECAS

05.01 European drinking cultures - stereotypes and reality

06.25 differences in drinking preferences across Europe and the implications for European alcohol policy

07.27 main drinking trends in Europe

09.20 factors involved in trends in youg people's drinking

11.52 recommendations in the report for EU policy

14.11 coordinating acitivity and data across Europe

15.19 Bridging the Gap project to network researchers; Building Capacity project; ELSA (advertising regulations); Pathways for Health (best practice project)

16.55 UK representation on pan European alcohol forums

17.40 building a coallition for alcohol policy

19.30 alcohol industry input to Alcohol in Europe and tactics to discredit the report

23.29 European Commission response to industry pressure

25.34 Brewers of Europe An Independent Review of Issues Related to Alcohol Consumption in Europe; Weinberg Group

26.27 how the industry should be engaged with alcohol policy development

27.00 alcohol industry approach to corporate social responsibility

27.32 addressing vested interests associated with alcohol

27.50 lobbying; Common Agricultural Policy reform of wine sector

30.26 what practitioners can do to influence policy development

32.22 forming a network of interested parties

34.00 Wine Country by EthniCali

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Alcohol Policy UK podcast: reducing alcohol-related health inequalities in Blackpool (APUK07)

00.00 Intro, music by Kaimoku

00.36 feedback on alcohol free days and guidance on sensible limits; comment from David; original 1995 guidance

03.07 Blackpool's alcohol strategy: an interview with Ian Treasure, Alcohol Harm Reduction Policy Officer; Blackpool Alcohol Strategy; strategy Action Plan; HSJ awards; ALTN8 campaign; Know Your Limit campaign; Blackpool Local Area Agreement; Local Alcohol Strategy Toolkit

 

26.10 Get in touch: email us or send an audio comment using waxmail or MP3 to contact@alcoholpolicy.net leave comment on the site, leave a voicemail on mobotalk (see right hand panel)

26.57 100 Dollar Hangover by Lords of the Highway

 

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London: The highs and lows 2 - audio from the launch

 London: The highs and the lows 2 report from the Greater London Alcohol and Drug Alliance (GLADA),  was launched by the Mayor of London at City Hall on Monday 22nd January.

• This second edition of London: The highs and the lows presents information on alcohol as well as drug use in London (the first edition was drugs only).
• The report contains detailed information on the way that drug and alcohol use in London differs from the UK as a whole, and also on the variations across London.
• It reveals the complexity of the challenges London faces and re-emphasises the necessity for partnership working to reduce the harm caused by drug and alcohol use.
• Working with GLADA, the Mayor is committed to publishing one 'Highs and Lows' report in each Mayoral term and to continuing to support their wider programme of work.

Download the report from here.

Speakers at the launch featured in the audio file below (timings in brackets) were:

• Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone (0.00)
• Outgoing independent Chair of GLADA, John Grieve (9.08)
• Interim Chief Executive for NHS London, Ruth Carnall (13.48; talking about the need to get the balance right for alcohol at 16.55)
• John Grieve again, introduced by Ken Livingstone (22.48)

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Alcohol Policy UK podcast: alcohol-related rape, sensible limits, Recovery Cafe (APUK06)

00.00 Introduction, music by Kaimoku

00.52 Drinkaware Trust appoints new chair.

01.33 Get in touch: email us or send an audio comment using waxmail or MP3 to contact@alcoholpolicy.net leave comment on the blog,leave a voicemail on mobotalk (see right hand panel)

01.52 Has the government changed the sensible limits?  Tony Goodall is concerned. (Previous post)

05.41 Moira Plant and Binge Britain, the Interim Analytical Report , possible changes to the consent laws

07.36 Mike Webb and the Hampshire campaign on alcohol-related rape, Did Sophie Consent, Southampton Daily Echo Keep Kids Sober campaign

13.58 Richard Carus talks about Recovery Cafe UK.  See also his Recovery Cafe Australia,   Recovery Cafe South Africa and Family Support Network

28.06 A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun by the Stumbleweeds

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