Decision details
Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (recommended from Partnership Board for Health and Wellbeing)
PDF 36 KBDecision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The Partnership Board for Health & Wellbeing at its meeting on 15th June 2011 asked the Cabinet to agree the strategy on behalf of the Council.
Decision:
(1) To ADOPT the Refreshed Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for B&NES; and
(2) To AGREE the key priorities.
Reasons for the decision:
The Strategy covers the World Class Commissioning Competencies of working with community partners, engaging with public and patients, collaborating with clinicians, and managing knowledge and assessing needs. It will ensure local leadership and an evidence based approach to addressing local issues which in turn will maximise the use of limited resources and optimise local expertise and experience. A local Strategy with supporting action plans will ensure local consensus on priorities and provide a structure and mechanism for monitoring and evaluating local initiatives in terms of benefits to individuals, local communities and the local economy.
Alternative options considered:
None
Report author: Dr Philip Milner
Publication date: 12/04/2012
Date of decision: 11/04/2012
Decided at meeting: 11/04/2012 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/04/2012
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