Key Issues for the Alcohol Treatment Practitioner
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Key Issues for theAlcohol Treatment Practitioner
Eric ApplebyAlcohol Concern
June 2013
Key issues
• Thinking• Drinking• Linking systems
New Landscape
• Public health transfer• CCGs• PHE• Alcohol/Drugs • Aggressive/subtle alcohol industry
The figures• 8,700 deaths• 1.2m hospital admissions• 117% increase in under 30 liver admissions• 150% increase in over 60s mental health
admissions• 90,000 drink drive convictions• 3.4m children live with heavy drinking parents• 1 in 16 of those in need are in services
Local authority landscape
• Licensing• Children & Families• Elderly care• Youth services• Environment• Workforce• Third sector• Private sector
Back to the Future?
• Councils on AlcoholAll aspectsLocal relationship with alcoholImpact?• Overtaken by Health promotion Contracts Purchaser/provider/commissioners
Now….
• Quality • Evidence (NICE)• New treatment settings/styles• New technology• GAS
WHAT!!?
WHAT!!?
Population approach
Widening scope
• JSNA Audit• Impact of transfer on services• IBA– and other conditions– in non-medical settings
• Training professionals• Care pathways• Linking services
Widening understanding
• ‘Hard to engage’ clients• Young people’s voices• Middle aged, middle class• Workplace• New alliances
Conversations
• Guide for Councillors• AAW• Dry January
Key issues
• Have real conversations• Put your work in context• Highlight the continuum• Challenge the industry• Challenge easy myths and assumptions• Quote the figures