ALCOHOL RELATED CONSULTANCIES LIMITED

Mark has 11 years experience of working in the field of substance misuse and has developed expertise in assessment and advice for those with an alcohol misuse problem. Whilst employed by the NHS he has conducted over 2000 assessments, judging levels of motivation and assessing readiness to change behaviour. He has contributed to nationally accepted protocols/ pathways on the management of alcohol withdrawal and Wernickes Encepathoplathy within the general hospital setting. He set up and ran controlled drinking sessions, harm minimisation and abstinence Relapse Prevention based groups in addition to providing individual support.

Mark has trained over 2500 NHS staff on the subject of alcohol and is currently a visiting lecturer for the University of Nottingham on the Adult Intensive Care Degree Pathway and the Hepatobilliary module.