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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.
The following alcohol use screening tests assess a service user’s levels…
Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.
Introduction Lived experience initiatives and recovery support services…
Overview Describing recovery support services in this chapter This chapter…
Local partnership support for recovery support services and lived…
Further reading Recovery guidance The 10-year strategic plan for the drug…
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
Introduction Councils (upper tier and unitary) are responsible for…
UK chief medical officers’ guidelines on how to keep health risks from drinking alcohol to a low level.
Making the case for investing in effective alcohol treatment.
Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.
A guide for local authorities and substance misuse services to help them work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
New funding to local authorities to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2023 to 2025.
A toolkit to help local areas carry out a self-assessment to improve the residential drug and alcohol treatment that they commission.
Information about drug strategy funding to local authorities to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems.
Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals reduce alcohol-related harm.
Guidance for commissioners, providers and clinicians on the roles of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment in England.
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
Guidance for alcohol and drug treatment services to help them get the balance right between providing remote and in-person interventions for service users.
Supporting the alcohol and retail industries to market their products responsibly, with the aim of protecting the public and informing consumers.
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.
A summary of international evidence on effective alcohol and drug misuse prevention interventions and examples of their use in England.
Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.
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