During 2011/2012, a total of 565 individual staff working with Manchester residents were trained to deliver Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice. Targeted workforce groups included: frontline community staff, organisations working with parents, antenatal/midwifery staff, HMP Manchester staff, Manchester District Probation staff, specified primary care staff (i.e. GPs, dentists and pharmacists), Job Centre Plus, organisations working with Over 50s and staff of MHSCT.

IBA Training Evaluation Summary 2011-2012

Updated: 04/09/12

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The Core Cities Collaborative Price Survey was undertaken in areas of Manchester with the highest numbers of alcohol specific hospital admissions. Price within the cheapest top ten products varied between 11p – 16p per unit. If there was a minimum unit price of 50p, the cheapest alcoholic product identified within this survey could not be sold for less than £16.87 rather than £3.99 at time of survey.

Manchester Price Survey 2010

Updated: 26/01/11

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During 2009/2010, a total of 402 individual staff working with Manchester residents were trained to deliver Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice. Targeted workforce groups included: Manchester Community Health front line staff – with focus on District Nurses, Active Case Managers and Health Trainers; Manchester Drug Service frontline staff; Student nurses; Manchester District Probation staff and HMP Manchester healthcare staff.

Alcohol IBA Training PHDS Report

Updated: 26/01/11

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The Responsible Alcohol Sales Project 2008-2009 was developed and delivered by the Tackling Alcohol Related Crime (TARC) group in order to address particular objectives identified in the Manchester Alcohol Strategy 2008-2011. The aim of the project was to encourage responsible alcohol retailing in Manchester through three activities.

Responsible Alcohol Sales Project Evaluation 2009

Updated: 04/09/12

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The NHS Drinking Responsibly Project had an overarching aim to contribute to an existing partnership approach to raise alcohol retailers’ standards of social responsibility with a particularly emphasis on training and promotion of responsible drinking at point of sale. Initially funded by Neighbourhood Renewal Funds (June 2005-March 2007), the project was mainstreamed from April 2007 funded by Choosing Health. Conclusions from the report were presented at the Club Health Conference 2008.

Evaluation Report

Updated: 26/01/11

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