Need Help With Alcohol?
Alcohol Service at Ashcroft Surgery
We are pleased to announce that we have an Alcohol Health Care Worker called Tamara Paul. Patients can refer themselves directly if they wish. Simply ring or email Tamara herself or ask a person on reception at Ashcroft to book you in with her. Tamara is happy to see patients who are social drinkers, dependent drinkers, binge drinkers and ex-drinkers.
She runs friendly non-judgemental clinics at Ashcroft Surgery every Tuesday from 9-1130 am.- Tamara’s mobile number is 07702900654
- Tamara’s email is Tamara.Paul@bradford.nhs.uk
- Ashcroft Surgery’s number is 01274 612 279.
What the limits per day?
Men and women are advised not to drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week or 2 units per day.
In terms of wine
- Do not drink more than 1 medium glass per day (or 7 per week)
- By a medium glass we mean 175 ml per glass.
- You may have seen or read that 1 glass of wine is 1 unit – BUT that is only for a small glass of wine (125ml) – which is NOT the amount most people drink! They drink a medium glass.
In terms of pints of beer or cider
- Do not drink more than 1 pint per day (or 7 per week)
In terms of regular bottles of beer
- Do not drink more than 1 bottle per day (or 9 per week)
- Each bottle is 1.5 units. You can actually have about 1 and one-third of a bottle a day BUT it’s difficulty to drink just one-third of a bottle, so we’ve rounded it up to 1 bottle per day.
In terms of 275ml bottles of alcopops
- Do not drink more than 1 bottle per day (or 9 per week)
- Each bottle is 1.5 units. You can actually have about 1 and one-third of a bottle a day BUT it’s difficulty to drink just one-third of a bottle, so we’ve rounded it up to 1 bottle per day.
What does ONE unit of alcohol look like?
How many units in these?
Not sure if you are drinking too much?
- Regularly drinking more than this can increase the risk to your health.
- Take the alcohol test: https://dontbottleitup.org.uk/?gclid=CNHJtued6MsCFcWVGwodvKcA_Q
Other Links for help with alcohol
- Alcohol and you (booklet and video)
- http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ – great for checking the facts, knowing your limits etc.
- https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/drinking#eP82uSFh6uBZLk0c.99 – general good advice from the NHS website
- http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/ – for more help and advice
- http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/alcohol-lower-risk-guidelines-units.aspx
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