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<p>The Government remains committed to tackling harms caused by alcohol, including
cancer-related harms. That is why we are developing a new alcohol strategy that will
set out targeted action to prevent and reduce harmful drinking, support vulnerable
people affected by others’ alcohol misuse and improve the pathways into treatment
for people with alcohol dependency.</p><p>This is a cross-government strategy announced
by the Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care, who are working
closely with a range of stakeholders and have engaged with industry, clinicians, academia
and the voluntary sector.</p><p>In July 2018, the Minister for Public Health and Primary
Care hosted a roundtable with health experts including representation from the Alcohol
Health Alliance, Institute of Alcohol Studies, Collective Voice UK, the Royal College
of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health, British Society of Gastroenterology, Alcohol Research UK, Association of Directors
of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Association of Mental Health providers,
Adfam, Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum.</p><p>In addition the Minister
also hosted an ‘experts by experience’ roundtable in collaboration with the charities
Collective Voice and NHS Substance Misuse Providers Alliance, and with families in
collaboration with the charity Adfam. Another expert roundtable on Foetal Alcohol
Syndrome is scheduled in September 2018, alongside further engagement with experts
in the coming months on priority areas for the strategy.</p>
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