Headline reports

In addition to funding research into alcohol harm, we publish research and summaries on the key issues in alcohol harm today.

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March 2022: Delivering a problem? Online sales and deliveries of alcohol

The findings from this report show major weaknesses in online age verification and failures in checking age when delivering alcohol to people’s homes.
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March 2021: Building a healthy recovery: Addressing alcohol harm in Wales during and after the pandemic

This reports calls on candidates standing for Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament) to commit to building a healthy recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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September 2020: Alcohol-free and low-strength drinks: Understanding their role in reducing alcohol-related harms

This commissioned research explores how consumers are using alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, their regulation, marketing, and impact on alcohol harm.
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August 2020: Drinking in the dark: alcohol labelling is failing consumers

Natasha Buckham | August 2020 | 9 minutes

This research, produced in collaboration with the Alcohol Health Alliance, found that alcohol labels in the UK do not contain the information consumers need, and calls for mandatory comprehensive labelling.
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July 2019: Learning from tragedies: an analysis of alcohol-related Safeguarding Adult Reviews published in 2017

This report analyses all 11 Safeguarding Adult Reviews from England in 2017 in which alcohol was identified as a significant factor in the person’s life and/or death.
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February 2019: The Alcohol Charter

This year the Government is due to publish a new national Alcohol Strategy; endorsed by over 30 organisations across the drugs and alcohol sector, the Alcohol Charter sets out effective and workable policies to include in this new strategy.
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July 2018: Fit for Purpose? An analysis of the role of the Portman Group in alcohol industry self-regulation

July 2018 | 9 minutes

Following a detailed analysis of the industry-funded regulator, the Portman Group, this report highlights inconsistent decision-making, lack of scrutiny, and an apparent failure to address how modern alcohol marketing works.
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May 2018: The hardest hit: Addressing the crisis in alcohol treatment services

This research warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis; these services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced capacity, and this is due to get worse.