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<p>The Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) was set up by the Gambling Commission
to advise on priorities for research relating to responsible gambling. GambleAware,
an independent charity, leads on commissioning and funding research into gambling-related
harm and supporting education and treatment programmes, taking into account the priorities
set out by the RGSB.</p><p> </p><p>RGSB’s latest research programme includes as a
priority work to measure gambling-related harm more effectively. This has been commissioned
by GambleAware and is expected to be published in 2018. It is intended to lead to
a set of metrics which can be used to measure and monitor the impact of gambling-related
harm on a wider scale. Other research published by GambleAware is available on their
website at https://about.gambleaware.org/research/research-publications/ .</p><p>
</p><p>The Department of Health, working with Public Health England, is also considering
what scope there is for commissioning further research to better understand the impacts
of gambling-related harm on health, and we will work with them.</p><p> </p><p>The
Gambling Commission tracks the prevalence of problem gambling through its quarterly
survey as well as the NHS Health Surveys, which capture information on problem gambling
and co-morbidities such as alcohol consumption, smoking and drug use, as well as physical
and mental health conditions. The Gambling Commission surveys can be found at:</p><p>http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Statistics-and-research/Levels-of-participation-and-problem-gambling/Gambling-participation-and-problem-gambling.aspx</p><p>The
2015 NHS Health Survey can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-survey-for-england-health-survey-for-england-2015</p><p>
</p><p>We continue to take problem gambling and gambling-related harm seriously and
will consider carefully any research that adds to our understanding of this issue.</p><p>
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