Guidance

Screening and brief advice for alcohol and tobacco use

Guidance on screening and providing brief advice for alcohol and tobacco use in inpatient settings.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 17 July 2017
• Last updated: 19 December 2019
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  1. 19 December 2019

     Updated guidance to include information on the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Standard Contract.

  2. 12 March 2019

     Updated guidance with details of the new tobacco and alcohol CQUIN scheme.

  3. 4 April 2018

     Updated web links within the HTML.

  4. 17 July 2017

     First published.

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Screening and brief advice for alcohol and tobacco use in inpatient settings

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The NHS Standard Contract asks NHS-funded providers to screen and provide brief advice interventions for alcohol and tobacco use to improve the quality of their services and deliver better outcomes for patients.

This guidance supports service providers to implement screening and brief advice for alcohol and tobacco use in inpatient settings. It describes the:

• reasons why healthcare professionals should implement these interventions
• evidence-based interventions to use
• support and resources available