Alcohol Health Alliance UK

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is a coalition of 60+ organisations working together to reduce the harm caused by alcohol in the UK. RTs not endorsements.

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

📢The Alcohol Health Alliance is now on @bluesky & @LinkedIn.

Follow us and stay updated with the latest AHA news and resources👇
1) Blueksy: https://t.co/4OKRGzhtQX
2) Linkedin: https://t.co/OoyG5165q2

[Alcohol Focus Scotland @AlcoholFocus]

We're hiring 📢

We're currently recruiting for a Policy Manager, Maternity Cover, Fixed term for 1 year

Find out more and apply 🔽

https://t.co/LDGxRlcNdh

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

Every year in the UK, around 17,000 people are diagnosed with a cancer directly linked to alcohol.

No family should have to suffer this devastating trauma.

Sign @WCRF_UK petition calling for a National Alcohol Strategy for England.

🔗https://t.co/VQUoHjhBPg

#CPAW25

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

🎙️Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the AHA, joins @BrineHealth and @sarahwollaston for this week’s @PreventionPodc to discuss the UK’s failure to tackle alcohol harm, industry lobbying, MUP and why action is urgently needed.

🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/iUYZY3UhHr

[Prevention is the new cure @PreventionPodc]

“We invest so heavily trying to save people from drowning downstream when we should do much more to stop them falling in.” UK’s alcohol blind spot is Ep.52 of @PreventionPodc out today in association with @UK_AHA

https://t.co/bNCytrwVfa

[Prevention is the new cure @PreventionPodc]

“We invest so heavily trying to save people from drowning downstream when we should do much more to stop them falling in.” UK’s alcohol blind spot is Ep.52 of @PreventionPodc out today in association with @UK_AHA

https://t.co/bNCytrwVfa

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

Stay up to date with the latest alcohol news from the AHA.

In this edition:
📢@R_S_P_H on everyday conversations on health
📺@InstAlcStud video on alcohol deaths definitions
🏢@AlcoholIreland on worker safety in Ireland
🎟️Events &more!

➡️https://t.co/4o8mRtZyyJ

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

Stay up-to-date with the latest #AlcoholNews. In this edition:

📄New @wcrfint blueprint for cancer prevention
🖋️Drinking culture in Wesminster
📢@nacoaUK break the silence on the hidden harm of alcohol addiction
🎟️Events and more!

➡️https://t.co/tYNACgI0zC

[Balance North East @BalanceNE]

In 2024 - 62% of adults in the NE took steps to cut down their alcohol consumption. Reducing alcohol consumption can help lower the risk of cancer.
Watch Dr James Crosbie GP & Clinical Lead for Alcohol at @NENC_NHS who is supporting our #AlcoholisToxic campaign 🔽

[IAS @InstAlcStud]

What has happened to the alcohol treatment sector over the past decade?🍷⚕️

Watch our latest Explained film to find out.

➡️ Lack of joined up care
➡️ Lack of early diagnosis
➡️ Failures of the 2012 Health & Social Care Act

Ft. @drjmas @MCA_med @UK_AHA

https://t.co/FDB89lRZaI

[Nacoa 🔆 @NacoaUK]

It is #COAWeek! Let's break the silence about what is like growing up with a parent who drinks too much.

This year is all about our Movement for Change.

With calls for child bereavement at record highs, a lot of change is needed!

Find out more: https://t.co/yMeycLPM2k

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

New figures today reveal that 10,473 people died from conditions caused by alcohol across the UK in 2023.

This increase on the previous year makes it the ‘highest number on record'.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, AHA chair, has responded to the news👇
https://t.co/u0zz37TykO

[Balance North East @BalanceNE]

1/2 “In Supermarkets you walk straight through the door and alcohol is piled up in front of you.” 83% of people support measures to limit children’s exposure to alcohol promotion & marketing. The promotion of alcohol needs to be addressed at a national level.
🔽#TimeForAction

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

We now have a LinkedIn page! 🎉

We'll be posting all the latest AHA news and updates over there and on #BlueskySocial from now on.
Follow us to join the conversation & help spread the word! 👇
https://t.co/OoyG516DfA

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

Stay up-to-date with the latest #AlcoholNews

In this edition:
📈New research on alcohol-related domestic violence and football
📃MPs call for better alcohol policies in Parliament
🖋️Research opportunity on drinking among women
🎟️Events & more

▶️https://t.co/o4K268DUsC

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

A national strategy to tackle the harms caused by alcohol is long overdue, and important for reducing health inequalities.

@drjmas, Melinda King, @DrStevenMasson, and Prof Sir Ian Gilmore explain why in the @bmj_latest:

https://t.co/VzbfULuH59

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

A new U.S Surgeon General's Advisory has been published highlighting the link between alcohol and cancer.

It calls for improved alcohol labelling to raise awareness, the reassessment of recommended drinking limits and promotion of alcohol screening.
https://t.co/3tNdnRqmUC

[Dr Alexey Kulikov @KulikovUNIATF]

US Surgeon General issued an advisory warning Americans that #alcohol consumption can increase their #cancer risk and called for an updated health warning label on alcoholic beverages.

https://t.co/YfN1ngtnHC

[Alcohol Health Alliance UK @UK_AHA]

Want to cut back on drinking alcohol this January or are thinking of trying @dryjanuary?

In this blog, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore shares his top tips to help you cut down on your drinking and improve your health.

https://t.co/IxYVDryR1F

[Nacoa 🔆 @NacoaUK]

For children and adults affected by a parent's drinking, Christmas is a time of worry and fear.

That's why Nacoa’s helpline is open every day over the festive season.

Offering confidential info, advice and support for anyone affected.

#URNotAlone

https://t.co/sEnlzY2mlG

[Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs @ScotFamADrugs]

Here are our holiday opening hours! 🎄

Our Helpline is open as usual up to 23rd Dec.
Closed: 24th-26th Dec & 1st Jan.

For more info please visit: https://t.co/adjqJJtWP8