Alcohol Abuse: Rise in Middle-Aged Drinkers Putting Strain on NHS
Rise in middle-aged drinkers putting strain on NHS
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Admissions related to drugs and alcohol now cost the NHS £607 million a year as more than half a million people are taken into hospital for emergency treatment
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Middle-Aged Drink And Drug Abusers Put Strain On NHS
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People in their 40s have the highest rates of hospital admissions for drug and alcohol abuse, a review says. More than half a million people were admitted to hospital as an emergency in the last three years with serious health problems related to drink or drug use, health performance experts Dr Foster said. Of the 533,302 admitted since 2010, more than 120,000 were in their 40s. Of those, 60,738 …
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A teetotaller’s tale
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The way the Kerala government uses alcohol revenue to fund its expenditure is baffling, says Johnson Poomala, philosophy professor and former alcoholic. “It’s bad economics, bad politics and bad policy.”
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