Reducing underage alcohol harm in Accident and Emergency settings
Evidence suggests that existing A&E department harm-reduction approaches lack coherency and that the most basic safeguarding measures, including referral pathways to specialist support, have not been uniformly established.
This new briefing paper - 'Reducing alcohol-related harm in accident and emergency settings' outlines simple steps that A&E departments can take to identify 'at risk' young drinkers and provide access to appropriate early interventions at times when they are more receptive to advice
