Services that Manage the Care Needs of Drunk - Scottish Government

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
Other review evidence ................................................................................................................. 2
Methodology................................................................................................................................. 3
Structure of this report.................................................................................................................. 4
2 SOBERING-UP SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA................................................................................ 5
Introduction and description of the evidence ............................................................................... 5
Background .................................................................................................................................. 5
Similarities and differences between sobering-up services in Australia ...................................... 7
Prior to setting up a service ......................................................................................................... 8
Opening hours.............................................................................................................................. 8
Staffing ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Referring agencies ..................................................................................................................... 10
Admission criteria....................................................................................................................... 10
Service procedures .................................................................................................................... 11
Client profile ............................................................................................................................... 14
Brief interventions within sobering-up services.......................................................................... 16
Links to other services ............................................................................................................... 17
Rural issues ............................................................................................................................... 19
Outcomes................................................................................................................................... 20
3 SOBERING-UP SERVICES IN NORTH AMERICA ................................................................... 24
Introduction and description of the evidence ............................................................................. 24
Background ................................................................................................................................ 25
Description of the services......................................................................................................... 25
Opening hours and length of stay .............................................................................................. 26
Staffing ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Referring agencies ..................................................................................................................... 27
Admission, exit and safety protocols and procedures ............................................................... 28
Client population ........................................................................................................................ 29
Links to other services ............................................................................................................... 30
Service capacity ......................................................................................................................... 30
Rural issues ............................................................................................................................... 31
Outcomes................................................................................................................................... 31
4 OTHER SERVICES FOR DRUNK AND INCAPABLE PEOPLE................................................ 32
Introduction and description of evidence ................................................................................... 32
Transport services...................................................................................................................... 32
Providing medical support in police custody suites ................................................................... 34
Temporary places of safety, mobile units and SOS buses........................................................ 37
5 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................. 40
Sobering-up services ................................................................................................................. 40
Transportation services and night patrols.................................................................................. 42
Provision of other types of services ........................................................................................... 42
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................... 44