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HEAT H4 Alcohol Brief Interventions: Target and Background Information

A description of the HEAT H4 Alcohol Brief Interventions Target with additional background information about its selection and how it was set.

Supporting the delivery of HEAT H4: Additional Funding

A letter to NHS board Chief Executives from NHS Health Scotland outlining additional funding available to support training delivery and infrastructure development to meet the alcohol brief interventions' HEAT target.

Alcohol Brief Interventions National Event - 6 September 2011

The ABI National Event presented an opportunity to examine and share progress of Scotland’s ABI programme to date, consider delivery in the future and network with colleagues.

Links to the presentations and information on the poster abstracts are below.

• ABIs: Scotland's story so far and next steps. Sarah Currie
• The evaluation of ABI implementation. Dr Tessa Parkes
• Developing workforce capacity to support Health Behaviour Change. Catriona Loots
• Can widespread ABI lead to population-level reductions in alcohol-related harm? Professor Nick Heather
• The future of ABI delivery - broadening boundaries. Elizabeth Robinson
• The future of ABI delivery - broadening boundaries. Fiona Macdonald
• Poster Abstracts.

For further information on this event, please email: sarah.dillon@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

2011- 2012 HEAT National Guidance on Data Reporting

National Guidance on data reporting requirements for HEAT Target: Alcohol Brief Interventions for 2011-12

Guidance letter: HEAT Targets 2011-2012 and beyond

Previous Years' Guidance
National Guidance on data reporting requirements for HEAT H4 Target: Alcohol Brief Interventions for 2010-11.

National Guidance on data reporting requirements for HEAT H4 Target : Alcohol Brief Interventions for 2009-10.

National Guidance on minimum data reporting requirements for HEAT H4 Target : Alcohol Brief Interventions for 2008-2009.

HEAT H4 : Core Dataset

In 2008/09 Information Services Division (ISD) issued a minimum dataset as support for Health Boards to collect and report on the implementation and delivery of the H4: HEAT target. The data collected can be used at local level to measure the delivery and uptake of screening and alcohol brief interventions.

Although use of the data set and reporting from it is not mandatory for the H4: HEAT target, the national Delivery Support Team has endorsed its use.

Version 2 of the data set, updated with newly request Read codes and minor amendments, is now available in the three supporting documents below:

• DS1 Core Dataset Notes - Version 2
Guidance notes detailing the background to the dataset, and the definitions and further information for each data item.

• DS2 Flowchart - Version 2
A flowchart outlining the care pathway for patients in primary care.

• DS3 Flowchart data items - Version 2
A list of data items to be collected at each stage of the flowchart and the appropriate Read codes.

• Learning from the collection of H4: HEAT Core Data Set
This report aims to describe and share learning and successful practice regarding data collection processes adopted by Health Boards to record and report information on the delivery of alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) in support of the H4:HEAT target.

If you have any queries please contact Clare Harper at ISD on 0131 275 6392 or by e-mail: clare.harper@nhs.net

Competency Framework Information

This framework is a prescribed set of competencies which are core to the effective delivery of ABIs. The framework is intended to clarify the practice and required knowledge, skills and approaches for healthcare professionals. Furthermore, it sets out the core competencies for health behaviour change, namely communication, enhancing motivation and self-efficacy, goal setting and reflective practice.

Delivery of Alcohol Brief Interventions: A Competency Framework

Alcohol Logic Models

As part of the work to inform the Scottish Government's Changing Scotland's Relationship with Alcohol discussion paper an outcomes framework for alcohol was developed through an overall strategic logic model and series of nested logic models.

Logic models are visual representations of the links between inputs activities and outputs and the expected short, medium and long-term outcomes. These models have been adapted to reflect the subsequent Changing Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol: A Framework for Action, and are now being used to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the new strategic direction. These models were developed to inform national policy development and evaluation and will require adaptation for local policy making, programme development and/or evaluation.

The alcohol logic models can be viewed at Health Improvement Tools for the SOA Process

An evidence paper to support these national models will also be available shortly.

Reviewed on 09 September 2011