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Alcohol problems support and treatment services framework
Framework
The Plan for Action on alcohol problems includes provision of:
This framework for support and treatment services:
covers services provided in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors, across health, social care, housing support and other relevant fields;
adopts a tiered structure, based on the needs of the service user. There will be interactions between services throughout the structure;
describes how services might meet a range of support and treatment needs in an integrated way;
is designed to assist those who plan and commission services to assess local requirements, identify gaps in services and develop plans to fill these; and
was produced after extensive consultation between the Executive and people with an interest in the field.
The framework is not prescriptive, nor does it set out minimum service levels or standards.
The framework groups services as follows:
Tier 1: services for the whole community. Services concerned with local approaches to alcohol problems, the promotion of positive health and well-being generally, and enabling people to make decisions about their use of alcohol with the assistance of information, delivered through a range of media.
Tier 2: local services that identify and respond to people with alcohol problems. These services will meet the treatment and support needs of the majority of people with an alcohol problem. They generally operate at the level of primary health care teams or local social work teams.
Tier 3: services for people with more complex needs. These provide a range of specialist diagnostic, assessment, treatment and rehabilitative services for people with alcohol problems.
Tier 4: services for people with highly specialised needs. These provide services for relatively small numbers of people with severe or complex alcohol-related problems. They may be based in a research or academic unit, as part of a clinical network.
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