Public health
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To explore the views of community pharmacy staff, the general public and other stakeholders towards pharmacy-based alcohol screening and advice services. To involve all relevant stakeholders in designing an acceptable and feasible pharmacy-based alcohol screening and advice service. To evaluate a pilot service from the user perspective. ⋯ The methodology enabled the development of pharmacy-based alcohol screening to be assessed for acceptability and feasibility from multiple perspectives, prior to full service commissioning. Results suggest that the pharmacy environment and concerns about privacy need to be recognized as potential barriers to service delivery. Good promotion is required to maximize service uptake and pharmacy staff need to be involved in both this and in service delivery.