All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm
CALL FOR EVIDENCE
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm Inquiry:
‘Impact of Alcohol on the Emergency Services’
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm has launched a new Inquiry
into the ‘Impact of Alcohol on the Emergency Services.’
The cross party APPG has chosen this theme as it believes it is vital to better
understand the amount of time and resources that alcohol-related issues place
on these essential services.
The Inquiry will focus on the volume of alcohol-related issues emergency
services respond to and will consider how alcohol affects the job delivery of front
line emergency workers. The Inquiry will seek to make recommendations across
policy and service boundaries to tackle these issues.
Terms of Reference
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm will conduct an Inquiry and
produce a report into the impact of alcohol-related issues on the emergency
services. The APPG will take written evidence submissions and oral evidence
submissions by invitation. A report will then be produced that collates the
submissions and makes certain recommendations.
About the APPG
The APPG on Alcohol Harm exists to promote discussion of alcohol-related
issues, raise issues of concern and make recommendations to Government and
other policy makers. Alcohol Concern provides the Secretariat to the Group with
funding from the pharmaceutical company Lundbeck Ltd.
Submit written evidence to the Inquiry:
The Inquiry welcomes written submissions from representatives from
emergency services, wider professionals and key stakeholders.
We would like to invite written evidence on the following questions from
relevant interested individuals and organisations. If you are an individual, please
provide details of your professional experience. In addition, we would welcome
details of any relevant research or information from your organisation that you
would be willing to share with the Inquiry.
Please provide
Name:
Job title:
The organisation you represent (if appropriate):
Email address:
Contact number:
Key questions to consider:
1- In your experience how much time and resources do the emergency services
spend responding to alcohol-related issues?
2- In what way do alcohol-related issues impact the ability of front line
emergency staff to do their job effectively? Additionally, how does this affect the
professional wellbeing of front line emergency staff?
3- What are your views and/or experience of how alcohol, in comparison to
other factors, impacts emergency service provision?
4- What are the principal challenges in dealing with alcohol-related harm for the
emergency services?
5- What measures should be implemented both in policy and practice contexts to
reduce the impact of alcohol on the emergency services?
6- Please provide any additional information you feel is relevant to the Inquiry
The deadline for written submissions is the 26th of October.
Please send your submissions to appg@alcoholconcern.org.uk. If you have any
questions please contact Laura Mcleod on 0207 566 9809.