Guidance to improve the delivery of alcohol brief interventions (Identification and Brief Advice) for Primary Care practices incentivised through the DES has been released:
Background
Last year, Haringey Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) and HAGA decided to review local alcohol DES delivery to inform best practice guidance on how to deliver the alcohol DES. The review found, to give just a few examples, that 75% of practices were using incorrect screening questions, and that only 50% of practices were offering face-to-face Brief Advice. Crucially for practices, we also found that practices were losing money due to DES returns that did not reflect the work that they had done.
What the Step-By-Step Guide offers
Following the Step-by-Step Guide which is based on our review findings and HAGA's years of experience in delivering IBA projects will help practices to maximise their income, whilst also offering better healthcare for patients. This guide updates and collates various guidance documents on the alcohol DES and Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) in primary care, so that you can get all the information you need in one place.
About the guidance and review
This guidance has been written by HAGA, Haringey's local alcohol service; commissioned by Haringey DAAT; and is supported by the Department of Health. The review on which we have based this guidance has been cited as an example of best practice in Intensive Support in Reducing Hospital Admissions (Currie 2010).
See here for further IBA resources and materials including the IBA e-learning module.
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