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Alcohol problems support and treatment services framework
Foreword
The
Plan for Action on alcohol problems, published in January 2002, sets out a comprehensive package of measures to reduce alcohol-related harm in Scotland. This includes action to develop alcohol problems support and treatment services.
This framework is for all who plan, commission and manage support and treatment services for people with alcohol problems in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors. It is the product of wide consultation with the alcohol problems field. Five consultation seminars were held throughout Scotland and were attended by over 200 professionals from a range of social care, health, housing support and prison backgrounds.
The
Plan for Action requires each local alcohol action team to draw up, publish by April 2003, and subsequently implement a local strategy covering a period of at least 3 years. The framework provides a template to help assess local needs for support and treatment and then plan to meet those needs. The Executive acknowledges that improving services requires a long-term approach. The publication of this framework is an important step in this process.
I believe this framework offers an excellent guide to effective services. It shows how all involved can work together to meet the needs of those affected by alcohol problems, whether directly or indirectly, and I commend it to you.
MARY MULLIGAN
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
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