Services Database Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, Audit & Follow-up Service (Stafford Borough Area)

Service ID

36250

Description

Community pharmacies within Stafford Borough signed up to the service will deliver coordinated alcohol identification, screening and brief intervention programme as part of the borough-wide strategy.

The programme has six elements:

  1. Identification;
  2. Screening;
  3. Brief Intervention;
  4. Referral;
  5. Follow up; and
  6. Monitoring of the service.

Location of service

South Staffordshire LPC

Commissioner

Local Authority (LA)

Method of commissioning

Local Authority contract

Source of funding

Local Authority (LA)

Service type

Alcohol screening & brief intervention

Other organisations involved

Dates

Start date:
End date:

Status

Ongoing

Training

The Alcohol Learning Centre has produced an online e-learning resource specifically for community pharmacy and can be accessed at no cost by simple registration.
https://www.alcohollearningcentre.org.uk/eLearning/IBA/platforms/ALC/pharmacists/

The five modules cover:

  • Facts about alcohol
  • About alcohol identification and brief advice
  • Tools for identifying alcohol misuse Clinical approach to brief advice
  • Practising brief advice
  • Assessment

The training focuses on equipping the pharmacist or team member with the necessary background to facilitate a brief discussion about the results.

Comments

This service is available in Stafford Borough area only.