A NEW, three-year alcohol harm reduction strategy has been set out by Warrington Borough Council – who at the same time are celebrating the success of its current scheme.
Warrington’s Strategic DAAT (Drug and Alcohol Action Team) Group aims to reduce alcohol harm and misuse across the borough.
During the three year period of the previous strategy they have achieved reductions in both alcohol-related hospital admissions and alcohol-related crime and disorder.
The team has also further developed a comprehensive local community and prison alcohol treatment service and improved multi-agency approaches to licensing issues.
Cllr Pat Wright, the council’s lead member for statutory health and adult social care, said: “It is important to recognise that alcohol harm is not an issue that sits in isolation but that it impacts on many services in Warrington.
“While this strategy comes at a challenging time for public services with reduced resources and increasing demands, we recognise that by working together we can all actively promote sensible drinking, lessen the harms and help make Warrington a safer and healthier place to live and work.”
Pictured: Mike Alsop, head of Integrated Commissioning WBC and chairman of DAAT; Cllr Pat Wright, Toni Waterworth, service users representative and Cathy Fitzgerald, head of Substance Misuse and Commissioning Development, WBC
