Alcohol hospital admissions double in a decade
The number of people being admitted to hospital after
drinking too much alcohol has more than doubled in the
past decade, new statistics show.
Nearly 1.2 million people in
England were admitted to casualty for injuries or
illnesses caused by drinking in 2010/11 which is more than
twice as many as
in 2000/1. The figures
for last year demonstrate an 11 percent increase on the previous 12
months.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says:
"The figures show that we have
serious problems with both binge-drinking and long-term excessive
alcohol abuse in a minority of people."
A new national alcohol
strategy will be set out in 2012 outlining what further
steps the government is taking to tackle this growing
problem.
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