PTH-123 The Effectiveness of an Alcohol Liaison Nurse Service at Reducing Future Alcohol Related Attendances to a County’S Accident & Emergency Departments
Abstract:Introduction Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programmes have been advocated as having a preventive effect in non dependent drinkers and can provide a pathway to access specialist treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUD) for hospitalised patients who are contemplating changing their drinking behaviour. Little research into the effect of referral methods in hospitalised people treated for AUDs has been carried out. Methods Patient data for 2007-2009 were retrospectively reviewed … Show more
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