Useful resources

Alcohol misuse spans many different agencies and government departments - including health, crime and leisure. Listed in this section are a number of key organisations and resources providing information on alcohol-related harm.

For links to agencies and organisations that provide help, information or support, please see our 'other websites' listing.

Alcohol Learning Centre - provides online resources and learning for commissioners, planners and practitioners working to reduce alcohol-related harm. Gives information on most health-related initiatives and policy documents issued by the government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport provides information about licensing and alcohol and entertainment.
Department of Health - responsible for government health policy on alcohol misuse
Health Information Resources (formerly National Library for Health)
The Home Office provides:
- guidance on alcohol disorder zones and information about the alcohol misuse enforcement campaign
- information and statistics on alcohol-related crime
NHS Choices - alcohol section
NICE - National Institute for Clinical Evidence responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health
National Treatment Agency - from 1 April 2008 all providers of specialist alcohol treatment were asked to submit data to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) on clients receiving treatement for alcohol misuses. This data is available from the NDTMS web-portal

Statistical information

The Alcohol Learning Centre provides a summary of where to find data relating to alcohol-related health harms
The North West Public Health Observatory and the Centre for Public Health produce data on alcohol-related harms for every local authority in England
The NHS Information Centre produces Alcohol Statistics 2010 - England
Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2008 is published by The NHS Information Centre
Hospital Episode Statistics are produced by HES Online
The National Treatment Agency produces data on substance misuse among young people and treatment data

See also our useful websites section for links to other agencies in the sector.

Information enquiries:

Much of the information we supply about alcohol harm can be found in our factsheets and booklets and on this website. We provide a limited email enquiry service, but regrettably do not have the resources to support research or student enquiries.