Reducing your alcohol intake
South Tyneside Council's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy
'Calling the shots' is South Tyneside's refreshed Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy.
The strategy has been developed as a result of extensive consultation with local people, stakeholders and partners including:
- The Council
- South Tyneside Integrated Care Board
- Northumbria Police
- South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
- Balance, the North East Alcohol office
- The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector
We also spoke to local residents, including children and young people, carers and service users of our drug and alcohol treatment service in South Tyneside.
Many local people are unknowingly drinking at levels that increase their risk to being involved in accidents, becoming victims or perpetrators of crime, experience family-break ups or develop long-term health conditions such as cancer or liver disease.
South Tyneside has high rates of alcohol-related illness and alcohol-attributable hospital admissions which means a significant cost to all of us. Alcohol is one of the biggest public health challenges of the century.
Aims of the strategy
The ambitions of the strategy are:
- Prevention and early intervention of alcohol misuse
- Protecting our children and young people, and creating the conditions for an alcohol-free childhood
- Reducing health inequalities
- Delivering a quality, safe and effective treatment system
- Tackling alcohol-related stigma
- Improving community safety
Read the strategy
Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy