Hutt Valley DHB Emergency Department alcohol card: evaluation report

During 2005, staff of the Hutt Valley District Health Board (DHB) Emergency Department (ED) and Regional Public Health approached the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC) with a proposal to pilot an alcohol-related intervention in the ED.

Hutt Valley DHB staff proposed that ALAC develop a resource in the form of a “business card” that could be made available to patients in the ED to assist them to address alcohol-related issues.

This is an evaulation of the use of this resource.