Alcohol Health Alliance UK
Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA)
Formation2007
Purpose- To highlight the rising levels of alcohol-related harm in the UK

- To propose evidence-based solutions to reduce the harm caused by alcohol

- To influence decision-makers to take positive action to address alcohol harm
Websitehttps://ahauk.org/

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is a coalition of more than 60 non-governmental organisations which work together to promote evidence-based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, a professor of hepatology at the University of Liverpool and the Royal College of Physician's Special Advisor on Alcohol has chaired the Alliance since it was established in November 2007.[1]

Policy

The AHA promotes policies for reducing the harm caused by alcohol as set out in Health First: An evidence-based alcohol strategy for the UK.[2]

The top policy recommendations to tackle alcohol harm from Health First are:

  • A minimum price of at least 50p per unit of alcohol should be introduced for all alcohol sales, together with a mechanism to regularly review and revise this price.
  • At least one third of every alcohol product label should be given over to an evidence-based health warning specified by an independent regulatory body.
  • The sale of alcohol in shops should be restricted to specific times of the day and designated areas. No alcohol promotion should occur outside these areas.
  • The tax on every alcohol product should be proportionate to the volume of alcohol it contains. In order to incentivise the development and sale of lower strength products, the rate of taxation should increase with product strength.
  • Licensing legislation should be comprehensively reviewed. Licensing authorities must be empowered to tackle alcohol-related harm by controlling the total availability of alcohol in their jurisdiction.
  • All alcohol advertising and sponsorship should be prohibited. In the short term, alcohol advertising should only be permitted in newspapers and other adult press. Its content should be limited to factual information about brand, provenance and product strength.
  • An independent body should be established to regulate alcohol promotion, including product and packaging design, in the interests of public health and community safety.
  • The legal limit for blood alcohol concentration for drivers should be reduced to 50 mg/100ml.
  • All health and social care professionals should be trained to routinely provide early identification and brief alcohol advice to their clients.
  • People who need support for alcohol problems should be routinely referred to specialist alcohol services for comprehensive assessment and appropriate treatment.

Members

The following organisations are members of the Alcohol Health Alliance:

  1. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  2. Action on Addiction
  3. Action on Sugar
  4. Addiction Professionals
  5. alcoHELP
  6. Alcohol Action Ireland
  7. Alcohol Change UK
  8. Alcohol Focus Scotland
  9. Alcohol Forum Ireland
  10. Aquarius
  11. Association of Anaesthetists
  12. Association of Directors of Public Health
  13. BAC-IN CIC
  14. Balance North East
  15. British Association for the Study of the Liver
  16. British Liver Trust
  17. British Medical Association
  18. British Society of Gastroenterology
  19. Cancer Research UK
  20. Centre for Mental Health
  21. Change, Grow, Live
  22. Changing Lives
  23. Doctors in Unite
  24. Druglink
  25. Faculty of Dental Surgery
  26. Faculty of Occupational Medicine
  27. Faculty of Public Health
  28. Forward Trust
  29. Foundation for Liver Research
  30. Healthier and Fairer Futures
  31. Humankind
  32. Institute of Alcohol Studies
  33. Look Around
  34. Medical Council on Alcohol
  35. Men's Health Forum
  36. Nacoa
  37. National Addiction Centre
  38. National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK
  39. Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drug Alliance
  40. Public Health Action
  41. Royal College of Anaesthetists
  42. Royal College of Emergency Medicine
  43. Royal College of General Practitioners
  44. Royal College of Midwives
  45. Royal College of Nursing
  46. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
  47. Royal College of Physicians London
  48. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
  49. Royal College of Psychiatrists
  50. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  51. Royal College of Surgeons of England
  52. Royal Society for Public Health
  53. Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs
  54. SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems)
  55. Share Shrewsbury
  56. Society for the Study of Addiction
  57. SPECTRUM Research Consortium
  58. Spinal Injuries Association
  59. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC
  60. Turning Point
  61. Violence and Society Research Group
  62. We Are With You
  63. Welsh Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy (WAGE)
  64. World Cancer Research Fund
  65. Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Network

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Liverpool Gastroenterology and Liver Services - Home Page".
  2. ↑ "Health First: An evidence-based alcohol strategy for the UK" (PDF).
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