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UK clinical guidelines recommending interventions for people with harmful patterns of drinking and alcohol dependence, supporting and promoting good practice.
This framework sets out guidance for designing, commissioning and providing alcohol and drug support for children and young people in England.
Introduction Children and young people may use alcohol or drugs for many…
How alcohol and drug treatment and recovery commissioners and providers can safeguard children affected by their parent or carer's alcohol or drug use.
Introduction Working together to safeguard children makes it clear that…
UK chief medical officers’ guidelines on how to keep health risks from drinking alcohol to a low level.
A framework setting out actions to improve treatment for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions through better integrated care.
Guidance for health and social care professionals on using the ASSIST-Lite tool to identify substance use and provide appropriate intervention.
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.
Guidance on supporting lived experience initiatives and recovery support services to help people start and sustain recovery from problem drug and alcohol use.
Supporting the alcohol and retail industries to market their products responsibly, with the aim of protecting the public and informing consumers.
Guidance for local authorities to support them in commissioning effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services in their areas.
Making the case for investing in effective alcohol treatment.
Funding to local councils to help them improve their drug and alcohol treatment and recovery systems, from 2025 to 2026.
Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals reduce alcohol-related harm.
Guidance on commissioning and providing better care for people with co-occurring mental health, and alcohol and drug use conditions.
Evidence and guidance on the benefits of mutual aid in preventing and treating alcohol and drug dependency.
Information for people in drug and alcohol treatment about sharing their information with the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.
Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
Guidance for commissioners, providers and clinicians on the roles of nurses in alcohol and drug treatment in England.
Guidance for local partnerships on how to review adult drug and alcohol related deaths and near-fatal overdoses to prevent future deaths.
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