Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 1
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Accepted
Committee gathered evidence on alcohol treatment services from key stakeholders
Conclusion
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) on alcohol treatment services.1 We also took evidence from Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health, Gateshead Council, and Board Member and Alcohol Policy Lead, Association of Directors of Public Health, Professor Dame Carol Black, author of the government’s independent review of drugs, Clare Taylor representing Turning Point and Collective Voice, and Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, director of the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research and Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance.
Government Response Summary
The government agreed and stated the recommendation is implemented, explaining that it has already published a comprehensive assessment of strategies to tackle alcohol harm through former Public Health England. It continues to monitor the evidence base, including outputs from Public Health Scotland's MESAS programme.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented The government has already published a comprehensive assessment of effective and cost-effective strategies to tackle alcohol harm in England through the former Public Health England. This included a review of the evidence on the public health burden of alcohol in England and policy responses to reduce health, social, and economic alcohol harm. The department continues to monitor the evidence base, including outputs from Public Health Scotland’s Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) programme.