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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Press Statement - The College of Emergency Medicine Calls for Policy-Makers to Take Action Against Alcohol-Related Harm





The College of Emergency  Medicine (CEM) is today calling for measures to tighten up control over the marketing of alcohol, in order to tackle alcohol-related harm and the
impact on Emergency Departments (EDs). 

Healthcare professionals operating in EDs and the wider hospital environment are confronted with the result of alcohol misuse on a daily basis, and vital resources are being drained treating and managing the problem.
 
Set to coincide with Freshers’ Week, during which time alcohol-related admissions to EDs rise significantly, the CEM is calling for co-ordinated action from all stakeholders to reduce the harms from alcohol. 

Shockingly, the recently published Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE 2010) indicated a statistic of 945,469 admissions to hospital for alcohol related harm in 2008/9 – 825 a day more than five years ago – costing the NHS and other public services around £20 billion per year.


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