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G43 ALCOHOL RELATED ATTENDANCES IN YOUNG CHILDREN: TAKING AN INITIATIVE
B. M. Mehta, M. Barlow, N. Evans, K. Williams.Accident and Emergency Department, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK

Introduction: Alcohol consumption is increasing among young people; those under 16 years are drinking twice as much compared with 10 years ago. The National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (NAHRS) acknowledges that educating young people to drink responsibly is fundamental to any long term strategy aimed at minimising the detrimental effects of alcohol misuse on society. Emergency departments are a key place to recognise these vulnerable drinkers. A previous audit of alcohol related attendances to our large urban paediatric emergency department in 2002/3 identified increasing attendances, weaknesses in information collection, inconsistencies in acute management, and poor follow up and support for these potentially vulnerable children and their families. A clinical care pathway was formulated by a multidisciplinary team, which consisted of hospital and community stakeholders.

Methods: Following implementation of the Alcohol Care . . . [Full text of this article]