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632738

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Older People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to reach and support people over the retirement age who are drinking more than the recommended weekly limits.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL3136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The <em>UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines</em> provide the public with the most up to date scientific information to help people make informed decisions about their own drinking. A copy of the Guidelines is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Upper tier authorities have been given the responsibility to improve the health of their population. This includes responsibility for tackling problem drinking and commissioning appropriate prevention and treatment services. Over the next five years, we will invest more than £16 billion in local government public health services.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is also investing in, or otherwise supporting, a number of programmes to support people over the retirement age who are drinking more than the recommended weekly limits, including:</p><p> </p><p>- The NHS Health Check which reaches adults aged 40-74 and includes an alcohol risk assessment. If found to be drinking above the lower-risk guidelines, patients are offered brief advice to encourage them to reduce their drinking.</p><p>- The One You website which offers advice and information about alcohol, and tools which help people monitor their drinking. These include:</p><p>- The interactive ‘How Are You?’ quiz which includes structured questions on alcohol consumption based on the short AUDIT C questionnaire and delivers personalised messaging, including information on units and tips to reduce consumption.</p><p>- The Drinks Tracker app – a mobile app designed to support users to accurately track their consumption, providing feedback on units and calories consumed and tips on ways to cut down.</p><p>- On Monday 14 November, PHE launched a web-based single occasion checking tool that will provide information and support to identify risk levels and reduce alcohol consumption.</p><p>NHS England’s <em>NHS Five Year Forward View</em> commits the National Health Service to support national action on alcohol. The National Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payments framework was set up in 2009-10 to encourage services providers to continually improve the quality of care provided to patients and to achieve transparency. To help deliver their commitment to reduce harmful alcohol consumption, NHS England has published a CQUIN to incentivise interventions to reduce risky behaviours and prevent ill health through alcohol consumption. This has a number of components, including alcohol screening, brief advice and referral to specialist services.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/11/2016 15:50:52 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL3136 - UK CMOs Low Risk Drinking Guidelines.pdf title UK CMO Low Risk Drinking Guidelines
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

632739

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of research published in BMJ Open on 25 October showing that, across a large number of countries, women are catching up with men in alcohol consumption and its associated harms and that this trend is most prevalent amongst young adults, what steps they are taking to support young people to limit their alcohol consumption.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL3137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Education plays an important role in helping to ensure that young people are equipped</p><p>with the information they need to make informed, healthy decisions and to keep themselves safe.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is working on a range of actions to support young people limit their alcohol consumption, including:</p><p>- Delivering the ‘Rise Above’ campaign which is a digital platform that uses interactive and engaging content to delay and prevent young people from engaging in exploratory behaviours, including drinking alcohol.</p><p>- Helping schools to draw on expert advice and develop evidence-based practice, including funding the Alcohol and Drug Education and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service, run by Mentor UK.</p><p>- Managing the FRANK information and advice service that provides tailored information and advice to young people and to parents, to help them protect their children from drug and/or alcohol misuse.</p><p>Upper tier authorities have been given the responsibility to improve the health of their population, including responsibility for tackling problem drinking and commissioning appropriate prevention and treatment services. Over the next five years, we will invest more than £16 billion in local government public health services.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/11/2016 15:41:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

528819

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	RAF Northolt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to engage with individuals who are aware of having an alcohol problem but have not, because they are too ashamed or frightened, sought help.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities and their health and wellbeing board partners have responsibility for planning the full range of alcohol services, from early intervention and prevention, through to commissioning alcohol treatment services to meet need in their area and ensure services are accessible to everyone. Furthermore in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidance (PH 24) <em>Alcohol-use disorders: preventing harmful drinking</em>, Public Health England (PHE) encourages health and social care professionals to carry out Identification and Brief Advice through general practitioners and programmes such as NHS Health Checks and Making Every Contact Count. A copy of the NICE guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of services offer interventions that are non-religious and are based on cognitive behavioural principles with motivational enhancement techniques.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of online resources to help with alcohol issues, including the One You and NHS Choices websites. One You is an integrated social marketing campaign run by PHE which aims to engage adults in making changes to improve their own health. This includes offering users advice and information about alcohol as well as tools which help monitor their drinking. NHS Choices offers a range of information about alcohol dependence and includes an on online directory of local alcohol services that those worried about their alcohol use can approach for assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL781 HL782 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:55:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Alcohol-use disorders preventing harmful drinking (PH24).pdf title Alcohol-use disorders: prevention NICE guidance
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

528820

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	RAF Northolt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to provide non-religious support to people with alcohol misuse problems.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities and their health and wellbeing board partners have responsibility for planning the full range of alcohol services, from early intervention and prevention, through to commissioning alcohol treatment services to meet need in their area and ensure services are accessible to everyone. Furthermore in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidance (PH 24) <em>Alcohol-use disorders: preventing harmful drinking</em>, Public Health England (PHE) encourages health and social care professionals to carry out Identification and Brief Advice through general practitioners and programmes such as NHS Health Checks and Making Every Contact Count. A copy of the NICE guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of services offer interventions that are non-religious and are based on cognitive behavioural principles with motivational enhancement techniques.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of online resources to help with alcohol issues, including the One You and NHS Choices websites. One You is an integrated social marketing campaign run by PHE which aims to engage adults in making changes to improve their own health. This includes offering users advice and information about alcohol as well as tools which help monitor their drinking. NHS Choices offers a range of information about alcohol dependence and includes an on online directory of local alcohol services that those worried about their alcohol use can approach for assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL780 HL782 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:55:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Alcohol-use disorders preventing harmful drinking (PH24).pdf title Alcohol-use disorders: prevention NICE guidance
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

528821

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	RAF Northolt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what online resources are readily available for people struggling with alcohol misuse.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities and their health and wellbeing board partners have responsibility for planning the full range of alcohol services, from early intervention and prevention, through to commissioning alcohol treatment services to meet need in their area and ensure services are accessible to everyone. Furthermore in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidance (PH 24) <em>Alcohol-use disorders: preventing harmful drinking</em>, Public Health England (PHE) encourages health and social care professionals to carry out Identification and Brief Advice through general practitioners and programmes such as NHS Health Checks and Making Every Contact Count. A copy of the NICE guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of services offer interventions that are non-religious and are based on cognitive behavioural principles with motivational enhancement techniques.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of online resources to help with alcohol issues, including the One You and NHS Choices websites. One You is an integrated social marketing campaign run by PHE which aims to engage adults in making changes to improve their own health. This includes offering users advice and information about alcohol as well as tools which help monitor their drinking. NHS Choices offers a range of information about alcohol dependence and includes an on online directory of local alcohol services that those worried about their alcohol use can approach for assistance.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL780 HL781 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:55:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Alcohol-use disorders preventing harmful drinking (PH24).pdf title Alcohol-use disorders: prevention NICE guidance
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington