Hundreds of children under 10 hospitalised with alcohol problemsKaya Burgess
A child under ten is admitted to hospital to be treated for alcohol-related problems once every three days in England, according to Government figures revealed today.
Between 2002 and 2007, a total of 648 under-tens and more than 24,000 under-16s were hospitalised because of excessive intake of alcohol.
The figures come from within a parliamentary answer revealed by the Liberal Democrats ahead of the launch tomorrow of their strategy to tackle underage and binge drinking.
In the 16-17 age bracket alone, they revealed, around 12,500 teenagers were admitted to Accident and Emergency for alcohol-related conditions, marking an increase of 95 per cent between 2002 and 2007.
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