Alcohol misuse (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Community assets and services

Training

  • First Contact Clinical (FCC) provides a front line training offer in South Tyneside. They deliver a range of training modules designed to equip the workforce with skills and knowledge to be able to deliver health improvement interventions and conversations.
  • Training around alcohol includes:
    • Alcohol IBA
    • Alcohol and substance misuse levels 2 and 3
    • Healthy weight and how alcohol can affect weight
    • Make Every Contact Count
    • NHS Health Check (3 levels including VBA and how healthcare professionals can communicate risk and recommend lifestyle changes using evidence based behaviour techniques.
  • The training delivered during 2016 through to August 2017 has been reviewed:
    • Highest number of courses delivered were for Make Every Contact Count (MECC) (n=27).
    • The number of courses reflects the individual attendances: MECC (n=340), Alcohol and Substance Abuse L2 and L3 were also well attended with over 100 attendees for each course.
    • The organisations with the most attendees across all courses were South Tyneside Council (n=398), GP surgeries (n=231), pharmacies (n=129) and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust (n=126).

Preventing ill health

  • The NHS is taking action to address risky behaviours, with a focus on alcohol consumption by implementing a CQUIN which will complement and reinforce existing activity to deliver interventions to those that use alcohol at harmful and hazardous levels. 

The Better Health at Work Award

  • A healthy workplace has considerable benefits for employers and employees.
  • In 2016, there were 21 companies across South Tyneside signed up to improve their employees' health and working towards the award.
  • Reaching over 13,000 employees, the workforce benefited from a range of activities including safer drinking messages.

Change4Life (C4L) Health and Wellbeing Champion Network

  • Over 150 C4L Health and Wellbeing Champions are promoting public health campaigns and messages such as Dry January across the borough. The network is a multi-agency initiative of the Council, Voluntary and Community sector and members of the public.

Partnership Working

  • Alcohol is a complex issue that needs a multi-layered response at national and local level; therefore partnership working is crucial to a successfully developed and implemented alcohol strategy, which is one of the key priorities within South Tyneside's Health and Wellbeing Strategy. 
  • The following discreet partnership projects are currently underway across the South Tyneside and will inform the future strategy:
  • Pathway improvement for gastro patients.
  • Blue light strategy
  • Community Safety Partnership

Matrix - Young Peoples Drug & alcohol Service

  • The Matrix is a 'multi-agency' drug and alcohol service working with young people under 18 and families and carers whose lives have been affected by substance use. Matrix staff are trained to deal with issues affecting young people and offer a confidential service.

Treatment service

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