The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has opened consultation on Alcohol-use disorders (prevention): consultation on the draft guidance.
In order to partake in the consultation you must register as a stakeholder and submit comments by 10 November 2009.
The guidance currently recommends a range of population and individual based approaches to prevent alcohol-use disorders amongst the population. It includes recommendations on key areas relating to:
- price
- availability
- marketing
- licensing
- resources for screening and brief interventions
- supporting children and young people aged 10 to 15 years
- screening young people aged 16 and 17 years
- motivational counselling with young people aged 16 and 17 years
- screening adults brief advice for adults
- motivational counselling for adults
- referral
The draft guidance has prompted several media stories relating to the recommendations for minimum pricing measures. See Guardian and Times stories.
NICE is also consulting on Alcohol use disorders - clinical management
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