Alcohol
Regional Aim: To increase vaccination uptake in pregnancy to 90% uptake by 2020 and to 95% uptake by 2025.
Training
All maternity staff should undertake Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) training annually and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) training every three years.
The LMS recommends that this should be an initial two hour, face to face training session that will be provided in-house. A refresher/electronic version of this is available on the PowerPoint linked below.
Useful links
Information on Balance who work in partnership with local authorities and the NHS in the Northeast.
http://www.balancenortheast.co.uk/
FASD information
http://www.fasdnetwork.org/
Useful documents
Antenatal ABI Briefing Paper NHS
NE regional alcohol in pregnancy identification tool