All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse. The future of alcohol treatment services (May 2009)
This inquiry report is the first to be published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse. Some of the recommendations from the Group are:
This inquiry report is the first to be published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse. Some of the recommendations from the Group are:
- Government needs clear cross-deparmental leadership to tackle England's growing alcohol problem.
- All primary healthcare services should understand and be able to deliver Screening and Brief Interventions (SBI).
- All PCTs areas should have effective specialist alcohol services which are accessible to local communities
- There needs to be an ongoing training programme for alcohol commissioners
- The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) should look at how the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) for GPs can be amended to help tackle alcohol misuse.
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