The first Alcohol Policy UK podcast explores the current policy context for alcohol screening and brief interventions. Don Shenker, Director of Policy and Services at Alcohol Concern and Bob Patton, Health Service Research Coordinator at the National Addiction Centre discuss the issues.
Issues covered:
- what is screening and brief intervention and who is it for
- importance of early intervention
- settings for screening
- screening tools
- tools for brief intervention
- screening as an effective intervention in its own right
- A&E as a setting for prevention
- recent policy development
- funding for screening and brief interventions
Further information:
- Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England
- Choosing Health
- Implementation plan for the alcohol part of Choosing Health Alcohol Misuse Interventions: Guidance on developing a local programme of improvement
- Paddington Alcohol Test "PAT"
- Screening tools
- Brief interventions
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