Guidance and regulation

The alcohol use screening tests can be used by health professionals as a tool to assess a service users level of risk to alcohol harm.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 30 October 2020

• Guidance on the 5 alcohol use screening tests

  The following alcohol use screening tests assess a service user’s levels…

Guidance and advice for community pharmacies in England providing services to people who use drugs and alcohol.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 24 January 2024

• Community pharmacy: delivering substance misuse services

  Introduction This guidance is for community pharmacists and pharmacy…

UK chief medical officers’ guidelines on how to keep health risks from drinking alcohol to a low level.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 25 August 2016

New funding to local authorities to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2023 to 2025.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 16 February 2023

A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 4 December 2018

A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 10 May 2021

Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 7 April 2021

Making the case for investing in effective alcohol treatment.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 21 January 2016

Information about new funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 13 April 2022

Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 8 September 2023

Guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services to help them get the balance right between providing remote and in-person interventions for service users.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 25 October 2023

A summary of international evidence on effective alcohol and drug misuse prevention interventions and examples of their use in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 July 2015

Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 10 April 2018

Supporting the alcohol and retail industries to market their products responsibly, with the aim of protecting the public and informing consumers.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 13 December 2018

A professional resource for local authorities and commissioners on preventing and ending rough sleeping.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 11 February 2020

Guidance on referring alcohol dependent patients from hospital to specialist alcohol treatment in the hospital or in the community.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 1 June 2018

Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 23 May 2019

Public health teams make sure that licensing policy and applications consider the health and wellbeing of local communities.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 6 February 2020

Guidance from the Chief Medical Officer for healthcare professionals on safe alcohol consumption for children and young people.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 17 December 2009

How the UK chief medical officers' advice on alcohol and its health risks can be communicated to the public on product labels.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 March 2017