Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems
Lanarkshire Stakeholders’ Event, 16th & 17th January
Strathclyde Police Training College, East Kilbride
Objective
• To bring together a range of stakeholders in order to develop an action plan for alcohol in Lanarkshire.
• To provide a context including:
– Political/policy Framework
– Economic issues
– Health and Social Issues
• Introduce the main themes of the plan and provide an opportunity for stakeholders to consider local impact and priorities from their immediate perspective and across Lanarkshire. To provide the basis to develop the draft Alcohol Action Plan for Lanarkshire.
Day 1: 16th January 2003
1:00pm Registration
1:30pm Welcome - Chief Superintendent Tom Buchan
1:40pm Event Introduction – Professor Sandy Cameron, ADAT Chair
2:00pm Plan for Action on Alcohol - A National Perspective: Dr Andrew Fraser, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (
117K, 16 seconds).
2:30pm Questions & Contributions.
2:45pm The Health Economic Costs to Lanarkshire: Ailsa Brown, Health Economist, GG NHSM ( 177K, 25 seconds).
3:05pm Refreshments.
3:30pm Perspective from the Licence Trade: Paul Waterson, Chief Executive of SLTA.
3:50pm The Contribution of the Voluntary Sector: Jack Law, Executive Director, Alcohol Focus Scotland ( 918K, 130 secodnds).
4:05pm Alcohol & Society: Professor John B Davies, Strathclyde University ( 92K, 13 seconds).
4:30pm Questions to Speaker (Panel).
5:00pm Finish
Day 2: 17th January 2003
9:15 Chair’s remarks and summary of main issues from day one.
9:30 Service users views presented by local representative.
• Young People
• Adult Service Users
• AA perspective
10:00 The Services Framework – Key Issues.
10:10 Explanation of workshop sessions
10:15 Workshop session 1
Workshops to be focussed on sections of the Plan for Action ( 34K, 4 seconds).
• Culture change.
• Prevention and education
• Providing support and treatment
• Protection and controls
Coffee will be served in workshops
12:00 Lunch.
1:00 Summary of key issues from session 1
1:30 Workshop session 2
• Working with young people.
• Issues in Acute Services.
• Equality and Access Issues
– Black Minority Ethnic, Women, Older People.
• Alcohol and the workplace.
• Working with Alcohol Problems - Good Practice Guidance
– Guidance - Initial treatment of people with an alcohol dependency.
– Health Technology Boards guidance on working with relapse
• Licensing and the Community.
These workshops will be led with a short presentation on the topic area.
3:00 Coffee.
3:20 Making the links -introduction followed by
3:30 Area Specific workshops - looking at links to existing policy and planning, identifying the priorities for action.
4:15 Key issues – the way forward
4:30 Conference close.