Recommends the following effective policy interventions; Taxation is the most effective policy intervention Address availability of alcohol, e.g. limits on hours or days of sale, and density of outlets, and address marketing of alcohol. Examine pricing policies, particularly price promotions
Interventions to reduce emergency admissions for heart failure: (Observatory Report Series number 79) – Liverpool University Public Health Observatory
Report that recommends that commissioners: Help enable the population to reduce the risk factors for heart failure, such as delivery of brief interventions to reduce smoking rates and monitoring of those with diabetes. Refer for genetic testing where appropriate. Develop
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Knowsley Drug Testing Profile (2013/14 to 2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) process begins with the police arresting and drug testing potential drug using offenders. If offenders test positive for Class A drugs they are served with a Required Assessment (RA) by the police. This a compulsory
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Liverpool Drug Testing Profile (2013/14 to 2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) process begins with the police arresting and drug testing potential drug using offenders. If offenders test positive for Class A drugs they are served with a Required Assessment (RA) by the police. This a compulsory
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – St Helens Drug Testing Profile (2013/14 to 2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) process begins with the police arresting and drug testing potential drug using offenders. If offenders test positive for Class A drugs they are served with a Required Assessment (RA) by the police. This a compulsory
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Wirral Drug Testing Profile (2013/14 to 2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) process begins with the police arresting and drug testing potential drug using offenders. If offenders test positive for Class A drugs they are served with a Required Assessment (RA) by the police. This a compulsory
TIIG Lancashire – Location of Violent Incidents across Lancashire April 2013 to March 2016 – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
Violence is a preventable public health problem and yet there are over one million violent incidents each year in England and Wales, approximately half of which involve alcohol and one quarter of which occur in night time economy environments. Between
An evaluation of the Mersey Care Professional Advice Area – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
In April 2015, Mersey Care obtained funding for one year to set up an Enterprise and Employment (EE) Hub. This hub aimed to help service users on their path to employment and to help link up Mersey Care services with
Measuring and evidencing the social value of the Mersey Care People Participation Programme – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
There are cultural changes occurring in the use of volunteering, with the literature highlighting that volunteers are integral (rather than an add-on) to health and social care organisations. Since the 1990s, policy has been reflecting this growing change in the
A Health Needs Assessment for Children and Adults with Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Liverpool – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
A rapid health needs assessment for children and adults with neurodevelopmental conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). This report includes a review of the literature which details: risk factors, prevalence estimates and a summary
Criminal Justice Project – Impact of targeted drug testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
This report explores the impact of targeted drug testing on drug using offenders coming into treatment in Liverpool. It compares the numbers of drug tests, Required Assessments and criminal justice assessments prior to and following the implementation of targeted
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Knowsley DIP Activity Profile (2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is an initiative with an overarching aim to identify and engage with drug using offenders in the criminal justice system in order to channel them into appropriate treatment services, and as a result reduce acquisitive
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Sefton DIP Activity Profile (2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is an initiative with an overarching aim to identify and engage with drug using offenders in the criminal justice system in order to channel them into appropriate treatment services, and as a result reduce acquisitive
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – St Helens DIP Activity Profile (2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is an initiative with an overarching aim to identify and engage with drug using offenders in the criminal justice system in order to channel them into appropriate treatment services, and as a result reduce acquisitive
Criminal Justice Project: Drug Interventions Programme – Wirral DIP Activity Profile (2015/16) – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is an initiative with an overarching aim to identify and engage with drug using offenders in the criminal justice system in order to channel them into appropriate treatment services, and as a result reduce acquisitive
Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs 2016 National Survey Results – Liverpool John Moores University Public Health Institute
This report details the findings of the National IPEDinfo Survey 2016. The National IPEDinfo Survey is a study exploring image and performance drug use in Wales, England and Scotland. The survey is a Public Health Wales initiative working collaboratively with
Pharmaceutical buying groups in the NHS – Department of Health and Social Care
Provides details of purchasing point information for existing buying groups that have access to Commerical Medicines Unit (CMU) contracts. It can be filtered in various ways to produce individual purchasing point lists for each buying group currently in England. This could
Rough sleeping strategy – Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
The rough sleeping strategy sets out the government’s vision for halving rough sleeping by 2022 and ending it by 2027.
Your Future Nurses: The Different Routes To Recruiting Your Workforce – NHS Employers
NHS Employers infographic exploring different routes into nursing for employers. Until recently, the routes to developing registered nurses within the workforce have been limited, with the university degree being the main way to train this group of staff. The introduction of
National Ophthalmology Database Audit: Year 3 Annual Report – The Second Prospective Report of the National Ophthalmology Database Audit – Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) cataract audit to report on all NHS funded cataract surgery in England and Wales. Included in this second prospective report are operations undertaken between 1st September 2016 and 31st August 2017. For comparisons with results from the first year of