Alcohol

The Health and Wellbeing Network produced a position paper on the issues around alcohol and health in Manchester. This included comments on the apparent lack of progress in delivering the Manchester Alcohol Strategy.

Download: Health and Wellbeing Network Position Paper on Alcohol and Health

This was circulated to the Drug & Alcohol Action Team who welcomed our offer to work with them to increase the contribution (and profile) of the voluntary sector around these issues. we held discussions with Manchester PCT Public Health Development Service to respond to issues raised in the paper, focusing on the tone and style of health promotion/social marketing material and how to make this more accessible across Manchester’s diverse communities.

A draft of the second Manchester Alcohol Strategy (2008-2011) was also released for consultation and addressed some of the issues raised in the paper.  We built on this by giving additionalfeedback on the draft strategy and added new information and perspectives where possible.

The revised Alcohol Strategy for Manchester (2008-2011) was launched on 29th September 2008. It is organised around the themes of : Prevention, Treatment, Young People & Enforcement. Each theme has an accompanying action plan.

To develop the Network's contribution to this further, we established participation from the Network on the Education and Prevention Subgroup of the Alcohol Strategy team.

Link: Manchester Public Health Development Service - Alcohol news page