Brief interventions have been the cornerstone of alcohol prevention in the National Health Service, but there are important limitations to the underpinning evidence base, and implementation has been problematic. We completed the first community pharmacy brief intervention trial and found no effect. A different approach was needed. This programme proposed to integrate attention to alcohol clinically within existing pharmacy service delivery, supporting pharmacists to discuss alcohol as a toxic psychoactive drug in the contexts of potential impacts on treatments, conditions and health.
