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Friday, May 23, 2008

Action urged to cut big rise in heavy drinking

· Hospital admissions more than double over 10 years
· Doctors' leader demands end to discount alcohol

  • Sarah Boseley, health editor
  • The Guardian,
  • Friday May 23 2008

Tougher measures to discourage people from damaging their health through alcohol abuse were called for yesterday as official statistics showed that the number of hospital admissions caused by heavy drinking has more than doubled since 1995.

The British Liver Trust warned that alcohol-induced health problems could become out of control. "Measures taken to curb this worrying trend just aren't working so far, according to these statistics," said Alison Rogers, chief executive of the trust. "This is set to hit England hard over the following years because liver disease can take up to 10 years to develop."
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