News and Press
New report reveals voluntary regulation by the alcohol industry is not working
31 Jul 2008
A study carried out by KPMG for the Home Office in England has revealed that the alcohol industry’s Social Responsibility Standards are currently having negligible impact in either reducing bad practice or promoting good practice in sale of alcoholic drinks. Practices...read more
Scottish Government consultation on alcohol misuse
11 Jul 2008
Have your say on the Scottish Government’s new framework for action on tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland. The proposals are contained in a consultation document which was published in June: Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol: a discussion paper on our...read more
Screening and Brief Interventions for risky and harmful drinkers
30 Jun 2008
SHAAP has just published a short briefing paper on screening and brief interventions for "risky" and harmful drinkers. The paper provides an overview of what is considered as best practice for screening for alcohol problems and delivery of brief interventions,...read more
