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Alcohol Summit 27 th June 2013

Alcohol Harm – Minimising the Risk David Lowe Chair DAAT Partnership Deputy Chief Executive Derbyshire County Council. Alcohol Summit 27 th June 2013. DAAT Potted History. Early focus on drugs Alcohol afterthought Limited resources Postcode lottery No strategy. Today.

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Alcohol Summit 27 th June 2013

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  1. Alcohol Harm – Minimising the Risk David Lowe Chair DAAT Partnership Deputy Chief Executive Derbyshire County Council Alcohol Summit 27th June 2013

  2. DAAT Potted History • Early focus on drugs • Alcohol afterthought • Limited resources • Postcode lottery • No strategy

  3. Today • Strong focus on alcohol • Limited resources • Consistent treatment service • Top priority • Much more to do to shift culture

  4. Local Alcohol Profiles Alcohol related admission rate • Continues to increase, but is slowing • Chesterfield and Bolsover above England and regional average • South Derbyshire saw largest long term increase • Erewash saw the largest increase in 2010/11 • Under 18’s admission rates recently seen reduction

  5. Minimisation Profile

  6. What have we been doing? • Violence, Alcohol Harm and Licensing Groups (VAL’s) • Consistently and effectively tackling problematic licensed premises • Reducing violence • Awareness campaigns • Designated Public Place Orders

  7. What have we been doing? • Night-Time Economy (NTE) • Street Pastors & Street Angels • Mobile triage • Road closures • NTE Manager – evening briefings • Pubwatch

  8. What have we been doing? • Under-age Sales • Test-purchase activity • Challenge 25 • Alcohol Diversion Scheme • Arrest Referral Workers • Hospital Alcohol and Drug Liaison Team at Chesterfield Royal

  9. What have we been doing? Adult Treatment Services • Single point of contact and triage assessment • 50% of adults exit our service alcohol-free • Average reduction in consumption of 22 units per day • 500 public-facing workers per year trained to deliver Brief Interventions (IBA)

  10. What have we been doing? Adult Treatment Services cont. • Developed locality-based services in partnership with the voluntary sector, in areas where data indicated a poor response to engaging with services • Increased the availability for supported community detoxification, reducing inpatient costs by over 300% for this intervention

  11. What have we been doing? Young People • Substance Misuse Treatment Services • In the first 11 months worked with: • 86 young people • 48 of which used alcohol as first, second or third drug of choice • Harm Minimisation • New screening tool • B-Safe • Focus on those with multiple vulnerabilities

  12. But there’s still more to do…. • Sustain support for existing activity • Development of a multi-agency Alcohol Harm Minimisation Action Plan • Health • Community Safety

  13. But there’s still more to do…. Emerging Themes: • Communications and public awareness • Increased use of Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) by ALL front line professionals • Targeted early intervention • Focussed activity with parents • Responsible retailing – development of a local responsibility deal

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