The Provision of Alcohol Screening, Brief Advice and Extended Interventions in Primary... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : The Provision of Alcohol Screening, Brief Advice and Extended Interventions in Primary Care Settings

Deadline : 03 Jul 2025

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 121220726

Document Ref. No. :

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Name :Login to see tender_details

Address : Login to see tender_details

Email : Login to see tender_details

Login to see details

Tender Details

The reason for commissioning this service Surrey County Council has been awarded an annual Better Care Fund (CBF) grant of £155, 000 to commissioning a targeted alcohol screening, identification and brief advice (IBA) and extended brief intervention (EBI) service based in primary care settings. This initiative responds to identified gaps in early alcohol harm prevention and aims to reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions by increasing proactive identification and brief support for residents engaged in risky and harmful drinking. The services included support the ambitions in Surrey's Health and Wellbeing Strategy, priority one, supporting people to reach their potential by addressing the wider determinants of health. Ensuring people have a healthy weight and are active and that substance misuse is low, including smoking. The service objectives The service will enable trained ACWs to conduct opportunistic and proactive alcohol screening in participating GP practices. Using the AUDIT-C and full AUDIT tools, the ACWs will identify individuals drinking at increasing or higher-risk levels. These individuals will then receive brief advice or, where appropriate, a structured extended brief intervention. For those whose needs exceed the scope of brief intervention, the service will facilitate seamless referral into structured treatment services such as i-access or community alcohol programmes. The service will also work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, social prescribers, and loc...

Documents

 Tender Notice