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The costs of Alcohol Abuse
New report reveals staggering cost to NHS of alcohol abuse.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...l-abuse-report
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One in 10 people in a hospital bed in the UK are alcohol-dependent and one in five are doing themselves harm by their drinking, according to research that quantifies for the first time the massive burden to the NHS of Britain’s drinking culture.
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Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, the chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said the figures were worrying. “More than 80 people die of alcohol-related causes across the UK every day, and there are more than 1m alcohol-related hospital admissions every year in England alone. This puts considerable pressure on the NHS, as well as other public services,” he said.
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Having seen personally what alcohol abuse can do to people surely this is something we need to start taking seriously in this country for once..
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