Hospitals admit 500 binge drinkers a dayBy James Kirkup and Caroline Gammell
An epidemic of binge drinking has fuelled a dramatic increase in the number of people being hospitalised after drinking to excess, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The number of alcohol-related hospital admissions has increased by almost a third in just two years as 24-hour drinking laws and the greater availability of cheap alcohol lead to increased consumption.
More than 500 people a day are now being admitted to hospitals in England after drinking too much.
In some parts of the country excess drinking is the cause of almost one in 20 hospital admissions.
The figures come just two weeks after official statistics showed that nearly 13 million Britons were drinking too much because they did not appreciate the increasing strength of alcoholic drinks or the trend for larger measures.
The latest figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph are part of official data recording alcohol-related admissions to NHS hospitals in England. They show a 31 per cent rise in just two years.
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