Last Updated on December 20, 2020 by frcemuser

Alcohol

• Advice on Alcohol cut down, alcohol diary and Cognitive behavioural therapy
  support.
• Advice:
  • men and women are advised not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis
  • spread your drinking over 3 or more days if you regularly drink as much as 14 units a week
  • if you want to cut down, try to have several drink-free days each week
• Hazardous Drinking: A pattern of alcohol consumption that potentially places the person at risk of adverse health events (medical, physical, and
  psychological).
• Harmful Drinking: A pattern of alcohol consumption that leads to adverse health events (medical, physical, and psychological).
• Legal Limit: 14 Units per week for Males & Females

Screening:

• HPV Vaccines: Boys & Girls 12 – 13 years of age and then 6 months later a second dose (up to 25 years)
• Shingles Vaccine: 70 – 78 Years Age
• Diabetes Eye Screen: Annually
• Cervical Screening: 25 – 64 years age
• AAA Screen > 65 years