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Links to alcohol-related research in Great Britain

Links to information on alcohol use and research in Great Britain.

Alcohol bulletin - Statistics on alcohol: England, 2007 
Click here to download the publication.
This statistical bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on alcohol use and misuse available at the time of publication in June 2006.

Alcohol Concern
Alcohol Concern produces a series of factsheets on alcohol-related issues.
Click here for more information.

Alcohol Information Scotland
The Alcohol Information Scotland website provides a wide range of information on alcohol in Scotland. This includes statistics, research, publications, key policy documents and practice guidelines, as well as links to useful websites:
Alcohol Information Scotland

Alcohol Statistics Scotland 2007

Scottish Health Survey

Alcohol-related crime
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/alcohol1.html
The links between alcohol and criminal and disorderly behaviour has been investigated by the Research Development and Statistics Directorate (RDS) within the Home Office. Research reports and reviews of evidence are available here.

Department of Health – Alcohol misuse
www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/AlcoholMisuse/fs/en
This section of the website provides useful links to a wide range of information and reports on alcohol.

Drinking: adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2007
www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/Drinking_2007.pdf
This report is the seventh presenting results from questions about drinking which were included on the ONS Omnibus survey. The questions were asked of 2,226 adults aged 16 and over in February and March 2007. This report looks at changes over the period 1997 to 2007.

Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006: headline figures 
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/smokedrinkdrug06/report/file
This report presents results from surveys carried out in secondary schools in England. Since 1998, surveys have been carried out annually, with a core section of questions included covering: smoking status and number of cigarettes smoked in the last week; drinking status and amount of alcohol drunk in the last week; awareness of and experience of individual drugs. Note that this information is now collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). All data published from October 2005 onwards will be published on the HSCIC website.

Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals
www.fdap.org.uk
The Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals (FDAP) is the professional body for practitioners in the substance use field. FDAP maintains the website www.drinkanddrugs.net and publishes the fortnightly magazine Drink and Drug News.

General Household Survey
www.statistics.gov.uk/ghs
The General Household Survey (GHS) is a multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It collects information on a range of topics, including drinking alcohol, from people living in private households in Great Britain. The survey started in 1971 and has been carried out continuously since then, except for breaks to review it in 1997/1998 and to re-develop it in 1999/2000.
A sample of approximately 13,000 addresses is selected each year from the Postcode Address File. All adults aged 16 and over are interviewed in each household that responds. Demographic and health information is also collected about children in the household.

The publication "Smoking and drinking among adults, 2006" reports on findings from the 2006 General Household Survey. It can be downloaded from:
www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/GHS06/Smokinganddrinkingamongadults2006.pdf

Health Survey for England 2005
The Health Survey for England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health-related behaviours in adults and children living in private households in England. The survey is commissioned by the Department of Health and, since April 2005, the Health and Social Care Information Centre, and includes drinking as a core topic. Tables on trends in core topics may be downloaded by clicking here.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.jrf.org.uk
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have decided to switch the focus of their work from a predominant emphasis on controlled drugs to a new programme devoted to research on alcohol issues. The programme is expected to run over the course of 2007-2009. Published findings are available to download here.

Mortality Statistics for England and Wales
This publication provides information on deaths by cause, age and sex.  www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=618

Alcohol-related deaths in the UK
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides the latest data on numbers and rates of alcohol-related deaths in the UK from 1991 onwards.
The figures are based on a harmonised definition of alcohol-related deaths that has been agreed across the UK.
Click here to download figures for Alcohol-related death rates in the UK 1991-2006.

The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS)
The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) publishes news and information on alcohol-related issues in the United Kingdom. Click here for a series of factsheets on alcohol-related issues. 

The Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)
www.aerc.org.uk
The AERC administers the Alcohol Education and Research Fund, which finances projects within the United Kingdom for education and research on alcohol-related issues. Project reports and "alcohol insights" are available to download from the website.