Love your liver before it’s too late: Reducing the risks...
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Love your liver before it’s too late: Reducing the risks together East Cheshire NHS Trust has teamed up with Cheshire East Council, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network (ChaMPs) to host the first joint alcohol public health awareness event in East Cheshire. Friday 7 September 2012 at Macclesfield Town Hall, Assembly Room Registration from 1.00pm According to national statistics, Cheshire East has significantly worse than average levels of binge drinking, Macclesfield town having the highest rate with 26% of adults binge drinking at a level that will cause them harm. In addition the numbers of women and under 18s being admitted to hospital with alcohol specific conditions is higher than the national average. Last year 1,912 bed days were taken treating individuals with alcohol related harm at Macclesfield District General Hospital. The cost to the NHS of dealing with alcohol harm in Cheshire East is in the region of £30 million a year. If you add in the impacts on the Police, local authority and businesses the costs escalate to £119 million. Working in partnership to: • Promote safe and responsible drinking. • Develop activities to control the impact of alcohol misuse in the community. • Promote and provide an integrated alcohol service in the community. • Influence change through advocacy. • Raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and how alcohol misuse affects others. • Reduce alcohol related harm. • Provide more help to encourage people to drink less. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore - Chair of the European Alcohol and Health Forum Science Group, past President of The British Society of Gastroenetrology, and former Consultant Physician at the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals. Professor Dr Martin Lombard - first National Clinical Director for Liver Disease at the Department of Health, Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Aims of the event Key speakers
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Love your liver before it’s too late: Reducing the risks together
East Cheshire NHS Trust has teamed up with Cheshire East Council, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network (ChaMPs) to host the first joint alcohol public health awareness event in East Cheshire.
Friday 7 September 2012 at Macclesfield Town Hall, Assembly Room
Registration from 1.00pm
According to national statistics, Cheshire East has significantly worse than average levels of binge drinking, Macclesfield town having the highest rate with 26% of adults binge drinking at a level that will cause them harm. In addition the numbers of women and under 18s being admitted to hospital with alcohol specific conditions is higher than the national average. Last year 1,912 bed days were taken treating individuals with alcohol related harm at Macclesfield District General Hospital. The cost to the NHS of dealing with alcohol harm in Cheshire East is in the region of £30 million a year. If you add in the impacts on the Police, local authority and businesses the costs escalate to £119 million.
Working in partnership to:
• Promote safe and responsible drinking.
• Develop activities to control the impact of alcohol misuse in the community.
• Promote and provide an integrated alcohol service in the community.
• Influence change through advocacy.
• Raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and how alcohol misuse affects others.
• Reduce alcohol related harm.
• Provide more help to encourage people to drink less.
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore - Chair of the European Alcohol and Health Forum Science Group, past President of The British Society of Gastroenetrology, and former Consultant Physician at the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals.
Professor Dr Martin Lombard - first National Clinical Director for Liver Disease at the Department of Health, Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Aims of the event
Key speakers
Agenda
1.00pm Arrival and visit the market place stalls
1.30pm Welcome Dr Ramasamy Saravanan
Consultant Gastroenterologist, East Cheshire NHS Trust
1.45pm Identifying effective alcohol-related prevention strategies.
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore
Chair of the European Alcohol and Health Forum Science Group, past President of The British Society of Gastroenetrology, and former Consultant Physician at the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals.
2.15pm My story Service user
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
2.30pm Refreshments/visit the market place stalls
2.45pm National strategy for alcohol related liver disease through integrated working.
Mission not impossible?
Professor Dr Martin Lombard
First National Clinical Director for Liver Disease at the Department of Health, Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
3.15pm My story Service user
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
3.30pm Closing remarks and Q&A Dr Koss
Consultant Gastroenterologist, East Cheshire NHS Trust
4.00pm Close/ visit the market place stalls
Macclesfield Town Hall
Assembly Room
Address
Town Hall
Market Place
Macclesfield
SK10 1EA
Telephone: 0300 123 5014
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