Reduce Alcohol Harm Now!
What is next for joint working in the on-going development and implementation
of multi-agency alcohol harm reduction strategies
Conference organised by Infomed Research and Training, on Friday 17 October 2008,
at the College of Emergency Medicine, Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R

This conference is for leaders, decision-makers and practitioners from Local Government, Health, Police Authorities and Police Services, CDRPs and LSPs, Education, Children and Young People, Fire Authorities and Fire Services and Town and City Centre Management, who are committed to reducing the harm associated with alcohol in our communities.

About the Conference

This conference focuses on areas where significant harm reduction can be achieved only through effective partnership working. It provides all stakeholders with an opportunity to review evidence of progress at all levels, examine cases of good practice and assess the key issues.

Speakers include:

• Don Shenker, Chief Executive, Alcohol Concern

• Professor Ian Gilmore, President, Royal College of Physicians and Chair of Alcohol Health Alliance UK

• Ian Whitehouse, Deputy Director, Young People at Risk, Department for Children, Schools and Families

• Commander Simon O’Brien, Metropolitan Police Service,
  and ACPO Lead on Licensing and Alcohol

• Mr Mark Cooper, Deputy Head of Alcohol Strategy Unit, Home Office

• Don Lavoie, Alcohol Policy Team, Departmet of Health

• David Reeson, Director, KPMG

• Professor Colin Drummond, co-Principal Investigator, National Alcohol Screening and
  Brief Intervention Pilots (SIPS)

• John McNamara, Chief Executive, BII

• Professor Robin Touquet, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London

• Dr Petra Meier, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Sheffield

Topics to be addressed include:

• National action to reduce alcohol-related crime, disorder and ASB
• National action to reduce chronic and acute ill health
• Action by the medical professions
• Reducing alcohol harm amongst young people
• Policing issues in relation to alcohol and ASB
• Early lessons from the SIPS trailblazers
• Update on the KPMG report
• Ways of reducing hospital re-attendances in A&E
• Alcohol pricing and promotions and its impact on alcohol consumption and related harm
• Ways to further develop close working relationship with the industry

• Local Government

-- Senior Elected Members
-- Chairs of LSPs and LAAs
-- Policy & Strategy Officers
-- Alcohol Strategy Leads
-- Community Safety and Neighbourhood Teams
-- Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Licensing
-- Lead officers in Adult Social Services and Education

• Police Authorities and Police Services

-- Lead elected members
-- BCU Commanders
-- ASB & Alcohol Strategy Officer
-- Neighbourhood Inspectors
-- Licensing Officers
-- Community Safety and Crime and Disorder Reduction

• Health

-- A&E Consultants, Nurses and Managers
-- Strategy and Partnership Officers, Alcohol Leads and Service Commissioners from Primary Care Trusts, SHAs, NHS Acute Trusts and Hospitals, NHS Mental Health Trusts and Foundation Trusts
-- Ambulance Service Strategy Officers

• CDRPs and LSPs

• Education, Children and Young People

-- Children’s Services
-- Local Safeguarding Children Boards
-- YOTs and Youth Justice Board

• Fire Authorities and Fire Services
• Town and City Centre Management

• Economic Development and Planning

-- Regional Development Agencies
-- Local Economic Development Partnerships

The Conference will:

• focus on areas where significant harm reduction can be achieved only through effective partnership working, involving local government, police, health and the business and voluntary sectors
• provide a comprehensive update on latest reports, Government measures and proposals
•  cover alcohol-related crime and disorder, chronic and acute ill health caused by alcohol, public perceptions of drunken and rowdy behaviour, impact on A&E and other hospital services
•  examine the important new opportunities and mechanisms presented by the new Local Area Agreements for the delivery of local alcohol harm reduction targets, including improvement targets
  linked to APACS and NIs
•  identify next steps for joint working for practical action in the on-going development and implementation of multi-agency alcohol harm reduction strategies

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