\u200bAlcohol consumption is high in Scotland, with average intake of 18 units per week in adults, but, in practice, higher when those who are abstinent are accounted for. Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality are correspondingly also high, with over a thousand alcohol-specific deaths each year in Scotland. The rates of death in men are over twice those of women, and deaths overall are strongly associated with socioeconomic deprivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Count 14<\/a> website gives straight forward instructions on how to assess units, and advice about alcohol intake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For those drinking more heavily or who are alcohol-dependent, please consider referral (or patients can self-refer) to the locality Hubs – please see the HSCP locality pages for further detail. The Hubs can arrange further support and, if needed, community detoxification or referral to the Ritson Clinic for an inpatient withdrawal programme. SHAAP<\/a> produces a useful patient guide for heavy drinkers<\/a> thinking of cutting back or stopping drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SHAAP also produces guidance for health professionals on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please see the Resources and Links page for further information on organisations who support those with alcohol problems. ELCA<\/a> offers help, including counselling, to anyone in Lothian with concerns about their, or someone else’s, drinking, aged 18 or over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Those with problematic drinking, who are alcohol-dependent, or wish support to remain abstinent should access locality Hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patients with acute medical needs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Professionals can refer, or patients self-refer, to the locality hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GP teams can also refer via SCI Gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People who wish to be considered for LEAP’s 3 month residential programme can be referred directly – LEAP (nhslothian.scot)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For those with urgent medical needs (see above) including delirium tremens, please refer to acute medical services via the Flow Centre. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \u200bCount 14<\/a> – enabling people to understand their alcohol intake<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edinburgh and Lothian Council on Alcohol<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alcohol Focus Scotland<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Scottish Families affected by Alcohol and Drugs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alcoholics Anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Al-Anon UK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scottish Recovery Consortium<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n FASD Hub Scotland Adoption UK<\/a> (for families affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alcohol consumption is high in Scotland, with average intake of 18 units per week in adults, but, in practice, higher when those who are abstinent are accounted for. Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality are correspondingly also high, with over a thousand alcohol-specific deaths each year in Scotland. The rates of death in men are over twice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4453,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[826],"class_list":["post-11237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-https-apps-testing28-scot-nhs-uk-refhelp-guidelines-alcohol"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"heatherlevy","author_link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/author\/heatherlevy\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":" Alcohol<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Alcohol consumption is high in Scotland, with average intake of 18 units per week in adults, but, in practice, higher when those who are abstinent are accounted for. Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality are correspondingly also high, with over a thousand alcohol-specific deaths each year in Scotland. The rates of death in men are over twice","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23848,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11237\/revisions\/23848"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/refhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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