Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
Examples of this service that have been commissioned locally are available on the PSNC online services database.
Tools and publications which may be useful to support the commissioning of this service can be found on the Service development tools and publications hub.
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Template service specification
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention template service specification
This is a draft template service specification that has not been nationally agreed and is not the final version; it may be used to inform local discussions on service development.
PSNC resources
PSNC Services Case Studies Hub
PSNC Think Pharmacy prospectus: Alcohol identification and brief advice (IBA) service (June 2019)
The PSNC resource Community Pharmacy – at the Heart of Public Health describes the main public health services that are provided by community pharmacies and the evidence base for these services.
Other resources
Public Health England & Royal Society for Public Health – Everyday interactions (June 2017)
This resource aims to support healthcare professionals to record what they ‘do’ in their interactions with individuals to demonstrate impact on public health priorities.
Health matters: harmful drinking and alcohol dependence (2016)
Devon LPC alcohol IBA evaluation and campaign resources (2015)
The Professional Standards for Public Health Practice for Pharmacy (2014) provide a framework to help pharmacy teams, commissioners and those contracting services to design, implement, deliver and monitor high quality public health practice through pharmacy.
UCL School of Pharmacy report on Pan-London Pharmacy Alcohol Awareness Campaign (2013)
Case Sudy: Pharmacy London’s Alcohol Awareness Service (2013)
