Practical prompts for commissioners, public health teams, service managers, frontline practitioners, trainers and everyone contributing to drug and alcohol services.
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Communication
Rewrite information in plain English
Adapt technical drug information for a clear public or practitioner resource.
Frontline practice
Learning & development
Communications & resources
Add: The non-confidential source text, intended audience, reading level, purpose and preferred length.
Do not add: Names, case notes, contact details, health records or any information that could identify a person.
Act as an experienced UK substance-use educator. Rewrite the source text below in calm, non-judgemental UK English for [AUDIENCE]. Aim for [READING LEVEL OR TONE]. Explain necessary clinical terms immediately in plain language. Preserve all cautions and uncertainties. Do not add new factual claims. Structure the answer with a short introduction, clear headings and practical key points.
SOURCE TEXT:
[PASTE NON-CONFIDENTIAL TEXT]
How to review the answer
Check that the tone suits the audience, no warning has been weakened and the meaning of the source remains intact.
Fact-check: Compare every health, legal and harm-reduction claim with the original source and current authoritative guidance.
Training
Create a training exercise
Build a realistic learning activity around a defined professional objective.
Learning & development
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Add: Learning objective, audience, time available, group size, delivery format and the evidence to use.
Do not add: Real case details, identifying combinations of facts, confidential incidents or unapproved internal documents.
Create a [MINUTES]-minute learning exercise for [AUDIENCE] on [TOPIC]. The learning objective is: [OBJECTIVE]. It will be delivered [ONLINE / IN PERSON] to [GROUP SIZE] people. Use UK English and a non-judgemental, trauma-aware approach. Include facilitator instructions, a fictional scenario, three discussion questions, an answer guide and a short debrief. Mark any claim that requires source verification. Do not present the scenario as clinical advice.
How to review the answer
Make sure the exercise is achievable in the time, psychologically safe and appropriate for participants’ roles.
Fact-check: Verify drug effects, interactions, law, prevalence and treatment information against current UK sources.
Research
Research a drug topic
Plan and structure an evidence briefing without treating AI as the source.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Add: A focused question, audience, UK context, date range and trusted publications or uploaded sources.
Do not add: Unpublished case material, identifiable service data, confidential research or personal information.
Help me plan a UK evidence briefing on: [FOCUSED QUESTION]. The audience is [AUDIENCE]. First, break the question into six research questions. Then propose a transparent evidence-search plan prioritising official guidance, systematic reviews and primary research. Create a briefing structure with sections for established evidence, uncertainty, practice implications and sources requiring verification. Do not invent citations or claim that you searched material you cannot access.
How to review the answer
Check whether the question is balanced and whether missing perspectives, populations or harms need inclusion.
Fact-check: Open every cited source, confirm it exists and check that it supports the claim attributed to it.
Education
Develop a harm-reduction resource
Draft an accessible resource for a defined audience using verified source material.
Frontline practice
Learning & development
Communications & resources
Add: Audience, topic, format, trusted source material, essential warnings and local signposting.
Do not add: Individual risk assessments, personalised clinical instructions, client histories or unverified emergency advice.
Using only the verified source material I provide, draft a one-page harm-reduction resource about [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. Use calm, direct UK English. Include: what people need to know, practical risk-reduction steps, signs of an emergency and where to seek help. Preserve uncertainty. Do not add dosage advice or unsupported claims. End with a list of statements that a qualified human reviewer must check before publication.
VERIFIED SOURCE MATERIAL:
[PASTE NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT]
How to review the answer
Ask a suitable practitioner to review accessibility, unintended interpretations and fit with local protocols.
Fact-check: Verify emergency information, interactions and service details immediately before publication.
Administration
Summarise a document
Extract a useful, traceable summary from a non-confidential report or guidance document.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Learning & development
Communications & resources
Add: The approved document, intended reader, purpose and the questions the summary must answer.
Do not add: Case notes, identifiable data, protected reports or documents your organisation has not approved for upload.
Summarise the document below for [AUDIENCE] and [PURPOSE]. Use only information in the supplied text. Organise the answer under: key message, important findings, implications for drug and alcohol practice, limitations, actions to consider and questions left unanswered. Add page or section references where available. Clearly label anything that cannot be determined from the document.
DOCUMENT:
[PASTE OR ATTACH APPROVED NON-CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL]
How to review the answer
Check the summary against the relevant sections and make sure qualifications have not been stripped away.
Fact-check: Use the source document as the authority; check quotations, figures, dates and recommendations directly.
Training
Develop a fictional case study
Create a fully fictional scenario for discussion without disguising a real case.
Do not add: Details lifted from a real person, distinctive incidents, precise locations or rare combinations that enable recognition.
Create a clearly fictional case study for [PRACTITIONER GROUP] to explore [LEARNING OBJECTIVE]. Set it in a generic UK service. Include enough ambiguity for discussion without creating a single “correct” response. Avoid stereotypes and moralising language. Include strengths, social context and more than one possible interpretation. Then provide five reflective questions and facilitator notes covering safeguarding, professional boundaries and uncertainty.
How to review the answer
Check for stereotypes, accidental identification, hidden assumptions and whether the case encourages reflective rather than diagnostic discussion.
Fact-check: Verify any drug, legal, safeguarding or treatment facts; the fictional narrative itself should not imply evidence.
Commissioning
Create a commissioning briefing
Turn verified evidence and local context into a concise briefing for a commissioning or public health decision.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Add: The decision required, audience, verified evidence, non-identifiable local context, constraints and deadline.
Do not add: Identifiable service-user information, unpublished sensitive data, unsupported savings claims or confidential commercial material.
Draft a concise UK commissioning briefing about [TOPIC OR DECISION] for [AUDIENCE]. Use only the verified evidence and non-identifiable local context I provide. Structure it under: decision required, context, what the evidence shows, uncertainty and evidence gaps, equality considerations, delivery options, risks, questions for providers and recommended next steps. Distinguish clearly between evidence, local intelligence and assumptions. Do not invent figures, costs, legal duties or recommendations. End with a verification checklist.
VERIFIED MATERIAL:
[PASTE APPROVED NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT]
How to review the answer
Confirm that the options are genuinely open, local context is represented fairly and no recommendation exceeds the evidence supplied.
Fact-check: Check every figure, policy reference, legal duty and evidence claim against the original current source.
Commissioning
Structure a service specification
Create a clear first-draft structure for a drug and alcohol service specification.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Add: Population, service scope, intended outcomes, relevant standards, local pathways, contract constraints and verified needs evidence.
Do not add: Real tender responses, commercially sensitive information, identifiable data or invented statutory requirements and performance targets.
Create a first-draft structure for a UK drug and alcohol service specification covering [SERVICE OR POPULATION]. Use only the approved information I provide. Include: purpose, population and inequalities, scope, access and referral, service model, safeguarding, co-occurring needs, lived-experience involvement, workforce expectations, partnership working, outcomes, quality measures, data and reporting, mobilisation and review. Mark every missing local decision as [TO CONFIRM]. Do not invent targets, activity levels, budgets, legal duties or clinical requirements.
APPROVED INFORMATION:
[PASTE NON-CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL]
How to review the answer
Commissioning, clinical, operational, legal, finance and lived-experience reviewers should check their relevant sections.
Fact-check: Verify standards, frameworks, legal references, measures and terminology against current authoritative documents.
Commissioning
Plan a needs assessment
Develop balanced questions and an evidence map for a local drug and alcohol needs assessment.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Add: Geography, population, decision context, available approved datasets, known evidence gaps and engagement groups.
Do not add: Small-cell identifiable data, unpublished sensitive intelligence, personal histories or assumptions presented as local facts.
Help me plan a UK drug and alcohol needs assessment for [PLACE / POPULATION / DECISION]. Create: key questions; an evidence map separating prevalence, treatment, harm, inequality, access, outcomes and lived experience; suggested authoritative data sources to verify; stakeholder groups to involve; gaps and biases to test; and a transparent limitations section. Do not invent local findings or imply that national data describe local need. Flag small-number, disclosure and representativeness risks.
How to review the answer
Check that underserved groups, people outside treatment and non-treatment perspectives are not excluded by the proposed evidence plan.
Fact-check: Confirm dataset definitions, coverage, publication dates and geographic comparability with the original data providers.
Commissioning
Build an options appraisal
Create a transparent comparison framework without asking AI to make the commissioning decision.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Add: The decision, viable options, agreed criteria, constraints, verified evidence and who will make the final decision.
Do not add: Confidential bids, personal opinions attributed to named people, fabricated costs or AI-generated final scores.
Create a transparent options-appraisal framework for [DECISION]. The options are [OPTIONS]. Organise the appraisal around the agreed criteria [CRITERIA], plus equality, implementation, workforce, safeguarding, evidence strength, service-user impact, risk and uncertainty. For each option, provide questions to answer and evidence required. Do not score, rank or recommend an option unless I supply verified evidence and an agreed scoring method. Keep assumptions separate and label missing information.
How to review the answer
Confirm that criteria and weightings were agreed by accountable people and do not unfairly favour one delivery model.
Fact-check: Trace each populated judgement to verified evidence; never use an AI-generated score as the decision record.
Leadership
Draft a board or leadership briefing
Turn approved material into a short briefing that makes decisions, risks and uncertainty easy to see.
Managers & leaders
Commissioners & public health
Add: Meeting purpose, decision or assurance required, approved evidence, risks, actions, owners and deadlines.
Do not add: Identifiable cases, protected staff information, legally privileged material or unverified performance claims.
Draft a two-page leadership briefing on [TOPIC] for [BOARD / GROUP]. Use only the approved material supplied. Structure it as: purpose, decision or assurance required, current position, evidence, key risks, equality and service-user considerations, options, recommendation from the named accountable lead, actions and questions for the meeting. Keep facts, interpretation and unresolved issues separate. Do not invent assurance, performance, costs or decisions.
APPROVED MATERIAL:
[PASTE NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT]
How to review the answer
The accountable lead must confirm the recommendation, risk rating, owners and wording before circulation.
Fact-check: Check all figures, dates, statuses and claims against the current approved source documents.
Leadership
Assess organisational AI readiness
Plan a proportionate readiness conversation before introducing generative AI into professional workflows.
Managers & leaders
Commissioners & public health
Learning & development
Add: Organisation type, proposed uses, current policies, approved systems, workforce needs and governance routes.
Do not add: Passwords, security configurations, personal staff data, confidential incidents or assumptions that a product is approved.
Create an AI-readiness discussion guide for a UK drug and alcohol organisation considering [PROPOSED USES]. Cover purpose, workforce confidence, information governance, data protection, approved platforms, procurement, equality, accessibility, safeguarding, output verification, accountability, training, incident response and review. For each area, provide: questions to ask, evidence of readiness, warning signs and a proportionate next step. Do not give legal approval or assume any platform is suitable.
How to review the answer
Information governance, data protection, safeguarding, workforce, IT and operational leads should review the areas they own.
Fact-check: Verify organisational policies, provider terms and applicable current UK guidance before adopting any recommendation.
Quality improvement
Plan a quality-improvement cycle
Turn a clearly defined service problem into a small, testable improvement plan.
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Commissioners & public health
Add: A specific problem, current process, baseline information, people affected, constraints and locally agreed measures.
Do not add: Identifiable records, blame statements, unverified causal claims or AI-generated clinical and safeguarding decisions.
Help me structure a small quality-improvement cycle for [SPECIFIC SERVICE PROBLEM] in a UK drug and alcohol setting. Using the non-identifiable information supplied, define the problem, map the current process, identify questions rather than assumed causes, suggest a small change to test, propose process and outcome measures, include balancing measures, equality considerations, staff and service-user involvement, review timing and stop criteria. Do not diagnose the cause or invent baseline data.
How to review the answer
Check feasibility with the people doing and receiving the service, and agree measures before the test begins.
Fact-check: Confirm all baseline measures and process descriptions with current local data and accountable staff.
Quality improvement
Analyse anonymised feedback themes
Organise approved, de-identified feedback without turning comments into unsupported conclusions.
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Commissioners & public health
Communications & resources
Add: An approved de-identified feedback set, the question being explored, collection method and known limitations.
Do not add: Names, rare events, exact locations, staff identifiers, case histories or any combination that could identify somebody.
Analyse the approved, de-identified feedback below for [PURPOSE]. Group comments into provisional themes, include both positive and critical views, identify contradictory or minority perspectives, distinguish frequency from importance, and provide short paraphrased examples rather than traceable quotations. State what cannot be concluded because of sample, method or missing context. Do not infer prevalence, motive, diagnosis or causation.
DE-IDENTIFIED FEEDBACK:
[PASTE APPROVED CONTENT]
How to review the answer
Check that de-identification is adequate and that the analysis has not erased unusual but important experiences.
Fact-check: Return to the original approved dataset to confirm every theme and reported frequency.
Frontline practice
Create reflective supervision questions
Generate reflective questions around a fictional or fully de-identified practice theme.
Frontline practice
Managers & leaders
Learning & development
Add: The broad practice theme, role, learning aim, professional framework and boundaries for discussion.
Do not add: Real case narratives, names, distinctive incidents, staff-performance details or requests for a clinical decision.
Create a set of reflective supervision questions for [ROLE / TEAM] exploring [PRACTICE THEME]. Use a strengths-based, trauma-aware and non-judgemental approach. Include questions about relationship, power, uncertainty, bias, safeguarding, boundaries, evidence, emotional impact, team support and next learning. Do not diagnose, decide a real case or imply a single correct response. End with a reminder to use established supervision and safeguarding routes where required.
How to review the answer
A qualified supervisor should select and adapt questions to the role, context and psychological safety of the discussion.
Fact-check: Check any referenced professional frameworks or safeguarding expectations against current organisational guidance.
Communication
Explain a referral pathway clearly
Turn a verified local pathway into plain guidance for staff, partners or the public.
Frontline practice
Communications & resources
Managers & leaders
Add: The current approved pathway, audience, eligibility, steps, contacts, exclusions and escalation routes.
Do not add: Unpublished contact details, client information, unverified service promises or invented eligibility rules.
Rewrite the verified referral pathway below for [AUDIENCE]. Use plain UK English and preserve the exact eligibility, exclusions, contact routes and escalation instructions. Structure it as: who the service is for, when to refer, how to refer, what happens next, urgent situations, accessibility and where to check for updates. Flag any gap or contradiction rather than filling it in. Do not add service promises or change thresholds.
APPROVED PATHWAY:
[PASTE CURRENT NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT]
How to review the answer
Operational staff and pathway partners should confirm accuracy, accessibility and the current contact route before publication.
Fact-check: Test every link, telephone number, eligibility rule and escalation instruction against the current approved pathway.
Administration
Plan a multi-agency workshop
Create a purposeful agenda that balances evidence, lived experience, operational realities and decisions.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Learning & development
Frontline practice
Add: Purpose, participants, time, decisions needed, approved background material, accessibility needs and facilitation boundaries.
Do not add: Named case details, confidential disputes, identifiable feedback or an assumption that all partners hold equal power.
Create a [DURATION] multi-agency workshop plan on [TOPIC] for [PARTICIPANTS]. The purpose is [PURPOSE] and the decisions or outputs required are [OUTPUTS]. Include preparation, welcome and psychological safety, a concise evidence input, lived-experience contribution with appropriate support, structured discussion, areas of disagreement, decision points, actions, owners, review date and an accessible follow-up record. Build in ways for quieter voices to contribute. Do not use real case material.
How to review the answer
Confirm participation, accessibility, lived-experience support, decision authority and facilitation arrangements in advance.
Fact-check: Verify all background claims and ensure the final record distinguishes discussion, decision and action.
Commissioning
Strengthen equality questions
Challenge a proposal to consider unequal access, experience, outcomes and unintended effects.
Commissioners & public health
Managers & leaders
Frontline practice
Add: The proposal, population, available equality evidence, engagement findings and the decision stage.
Do not add: Individual protected-characteristic data, invented community views, stereotypes or claims unsupported by evidence.
Review the proposal below and generate equality questions for accountable human consideration. Explore who may benefit, be excluded or experience unintended harm; barriers to access and retention; digital exclusion; disability and neurodiversity; language and literacy; race and culture; sex and gender; age; sexuality; poverty, housing and justice involvement; geography; and how lived experience will shape decisions. Separate evidence supplied from gaps to investigate. Do not predict impacts or speak for communities without evidence.
PROPOSAL:
[PASTE APPROVED NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT]
How to review the answer
Use the questions within the organisation’s formal equality process and involve relevant communities and specialists.
Fact-check: Verify equality data, legal references and population claims using current authoritative and local sources.