ProACTIVE is a research study that aims to understand how alcohol treatment is currently delivered in England, and who may benefit from it. Working with people who have experience of alcohol treatment is key to the project. The study is made up of 4 different work packages.

This programme is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research under its Programme Grants for Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) funding scheme (NIHR152084). Views expressed are the author(s)'s and not those of the NIHR.

The research project is being conducted by researchers at University of Southampton ,University of Hull ,ICAHR (UoH) ,Keele University 🐿️ ,University of Kent ,University of Newcastle ,The University of Sheffield ,King's College London

The first work package will create a database of alcohol treatments across England through contacting NHS trusts to understand what hospitals have alcohol treatments and which type. Then we will speak to alcohol care team experts to reach an agreement about the key components.

The second work package will compare optimal alcohol care teams to no-alcohol treatment. 3 hospitals with optimal treatments and 3 without treatments will be recruited. Then we will compare participants alcohol consumption and health in hospitals with treatment vs. without.

The third work package will use 4 case studies to understand the experience of decision makers, staff, and patients. This will be used to understand how factors within the alcohol care teams have shaped how they are delivered and their impact.

The fourth work package will share the findings of the three previous work packages to inform policy makers and clinicians about how to improve current alcohol care teams. The research will also show the value of including members of the wider public in research in alcohol care.

Public & Patient Involvement is central to all stages of the research. We will be co-designing with those with lived experience throughout the study. Keep following us to hear more about our PPI collaboration and to meet the team! #PPI #Publicinvolement

This week we were excited to meet with our first public contributors. We collaborated on the approach to Public and Patient Involvement for the study. We are so grateful for all the contributions and can’t wait to meet again soon!

The Oversight Steering Committee for this project is in great hands, as it's chaired by the esteemed Professor Sir Ian Gilmore! Looking forward to seeing the progress made under his guidance. #leadership #oversight #progress

We are happy to say that our National Survey will shortly be launched! We are contacting NHS hospitals across England and asking them to complete an online survey about their alcohol treatment provisions. #alcoholcareteams

Early career researchers of ProACTIVE presenting #PPI -related topic at FMED conference. We are excited to share what we have learnt UoS Public Engagement Southampton Medicine University of Southampton

Recruitment to our national survey about hospital-based alcohol provision is going well, with 50 hospitals completing their survey so far. If you work in hospital-based alcohol provision and have not yet been involved, please message us here or via [email protected]

Fab to host Julia Sinclair @drtsphillips Philippa Case & Georgia today for our National Institute for Health and Care Research Site Inspection Visit for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust #ACTS involvement in the ProACTIVE The team are looking forward to getting starting with the study next month #Research #alcohol fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR1520…

TSS Research Assistant jobs now open to applications to join the ProACTIVE study. The positions will be based at St Helier Hospital. For more information visit jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…