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Reducing Alcohol-Related Hospital Admissions – A Sub-Regional Pilot Presentation by John Currie and Matthew Andrews. Early Implementer Status. High rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions Spearhead area Sharing of Best Practice
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Reducing Alcohol-Related Hospital Admissions – A Sub-Regional PilotPresentation by John Currie and Matthew Andrews
Early Implementer Status • High rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions • Spearhead area • Sharing of Best Practice • Commitment to reducing the increase in admissions over 3 years • Needs Assessment
Sub-Regional Pilot • A cunning plan! • 8 Boroughs involved – Newham, Tower Hamlets, City and Hackney, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Havering • Sharing of resources and Best Practice utilising local, regional and national examples
Focus on Alcohol IBA • Alcohol IBA: Identification and Brief Advice • Understanding your data to gather intelligence • Reviewing admission protocols • Training relevant A&E staff • Improving A&E data collection on alcohol-related presentations
High Impact Changes • Work in partnership • Develop activities to control the impact of alcohol misuse in the community • Influence change through advocacy • Improve the effectiveness and capacity of specialist treatment • Appoint an Alcohol Health Worker in A&E • IBA – Provide more help to encourage people to drink less • Amplify national social marketing priorities
And it’s not just hospitals… • Good quality alcohol education for children and young people • Early identification and intervention - IBA in Primary Care settings (DES) • Specialist community based treatment • Social marketing and campaigns • Sharing data with Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP)
What to do next… • Identify your Senior Analyst • Identify key A&E staff • Identify key data staff involved with data collection at A&E • Share your experiences and learning with Newham and the rest of the pilot area
Contacts • John Currie – Alcohol Commissioning Manager, NHS Newham John.Currie1@newhampct.nhs.uk • Matthew Andrews – Regional Alcohol Manager, Department of Health Matthew.Andrews@dh.gsi.gov.uk • Kais Malique – Information Analyst, NHS Newham Kais.Malique@newhampct.nhs.uk • Dawn Lowther – Information Analyst Specialist (Alcohol and A&E) Dawn.Lowther@newhampct.nhs.uk
Presentations • All of today’s presentations will be available on the Alcohol Learning Centre Website www.alcohollearningcentre.org.uk