Archived decisions

Recommendations,

- grouped by organisations who would `action' them

To the DAAT:

a) The DAAT should take steps to plan with partners how the Hampshire wide

alcohol needs assessment can be reviewed and updated, and, as part of the

reassessment, include -

(i) the need for self help support

(ii) the need for extended outreach to enable alcohol workers to reach the

homeless who are unlikely to be connected to mainstream services

(iii )the need for `wet' services for people with alcohol problems

b) That the DAAT works with partners to develop the Hampshire and

Isle of Wight Substance Misuse Services Directory to include reference to tier

one services in Hampshire.

c) That the DAAT works with tier one organisations to establish a way

to connect them to the work of the DAAT .

d) That consequences of the impact of cutbacks in national funding for younger

peoples' alcohol interventions should be monitored by the DAAT and reported

back to the Safe and Healthy People Select Committee at six and twelve months

after the review report is published

e) That the DAAT reviews the balance of attention given to alcohol issues within

DARGs and, where necessary, seeks to influence groups to redress any obvious

Imbalance

f) That the DAAT Strategic Partnership Board supports the work of the DAAT

Support Team in promoting DANOS in services for adults, and considers how it

could influence its promotion within tier one services, to ensure that continuing

progress is made to embed the standards into the care and support provided to

people in Hampshire with alcohol problems

g) That the DAAT Strategic Partnership Board provides assurances to the Safe and

Healthy People Select Committee -

(i) that all that can be done, is being done with regard to implementing the

Hampshire DAAT training and development strategy in respect of alcohol

(ii) that any separate adult and young people's workforce initiatives are integrated

to avoid duplication, and to aid the best use of resources

h) That the good practice in Eastleigh with regard to diversionary activities for

young people, following evaluation of this work, be communicated County wide,

and that districts be encouraged to set up similar projects, where appropriate, in

the interest of both the alcohol and the anti-social behaviour agenda.

To Commissioners:

a) That commissioners emphasise the importance of tier one services, encouraging

service users and their families to access self help groups, such as AA, and

influence the piloting of an alternative model of self help to the AA Twelve

Step Model in order to promote choice across the county

b) That commissioners of alcohol training for staff ensure this covers awareness of

the high risk of people with alcohol problems committing intimate partner

violence, and that staff in alcohol services can signpost female clients to

domestic violence support services, if appropriate.

c) That the SHA, PCT and Hampshire County Council open a dialogue to explore

how they can work more closely together to support workforce strategy

development in respect of multi agency staff groups responding to the needs of

adults with alcohol problems

d) That the SHA, PCT and Hampshire County Council work to ensure that their

approaches to learning and skills development providers include a consistent

approach to the consideration of how they can work in partnership with service

users, carers and parents; for example, how they can be equipped with relevant

knowledge, skills and understanding

To Safe and Healthy People Select Committee:

a) That the Safe and Healthy People Select Committees draws the relevant central

government departments' attention to the local inequities in access to appropriate

early interventions for the different age group with alcohol problems in

Hampshire and their assistance sought to ensure that funding streams and levels

of funding do not inhibit the commissioning of effective tier two services

To LAA partners:

a) That within the Alcohol Ten Point Plan, the LAA Executive Board prioritise -

(i) the possible expansion of the arrest referral scheme to other parts

of Hampshire, as appropriate, depending on the successful evaluation of the

Test Valley scheme

(ii) the work of the proposed alcohol worker in Winchester prison on

hazardous and harmful drinkers

(iii) the work on developing effective joint commissioning of services for people

with alcohol problems

(iv) the Brief Intervention Training Proposal

b) That the Alcohol Partnership Board be invited to provide an update to the Safe

and Healthy People Select Committee, twelve months after the publication of the

review report, on progress with the Ten Point Plan

To Hampshire County Council:

a) That Hampshire County Council reviews its substance misuse Health and Safety

policy as it relates to alcohol, with a view to strengthening its implementation.

b) That Hampshire County Council's Occupational Health Department -

(i) builds DANOS into its staff appraisal process, in order to strengthen its

ability to deliver tier one interventions to staff with alcohol problems

(ii) explores opportunities for joint training with Health staff on alcohol

issues and the use of evidence based screening tools such as AUDIT

(iii) reviews its role in facilitating access to tier two services for those in the

workforce that it identifies as needing additional support

c) That the `invest to save' work on transition services includes work on the

transition between Children's and Adult's Alcohol Services, and between

Children's and Adult's Mental Health Services.

d) That Adult Services -

(i) look to increase the number of its staff who access alcohol awareness

training, and include DANOS within its appraisal process for

appropriate staff groups

(ii) research whether volunteers and carers would benefit from Alcohol

awareness training and, if so, how this might be accessed

(iii) provide a progress report to the Safe and Healthy People Select

Committee during 2008 on actions taken following the Dual Diagnosis

Review

e) That Children's services -

(i) review how well embedded alcohol awareness is in the Personal Social &

Health Education curriculum and the Healthy Schools Initiative

(ii) ensure that staff in Children's Services locality teams are trained in

alcohol problem identification, including awareness of the potential for

a child's problems to be related to parental drinking.