title: Clinical management. Where medicine meets management. Under the influence.
abstract: The cost of alcohol-related illness could be as high as 3 Pounds bn a year. Charities are pushing for the inclusion of alcohol intervention in the GP contract. PCTs in the West Midlands are pioneering a range of initiatives, including the employment of specialised alcohol workers.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D006113:United Kingdom