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Binge drinking fuelled by cheap alcohol is having a ‘huge impact’ on health services, the head of the NHS warned yesterday.
Chief executive Simon Stevens said the Government needed to deal with the ‘overuse’ of alcohol urgently as it is creating problems for over-stretched A&E units.
He highlighted figures showing that the average price of alcohol relative to wages has dropped by almost half since the 1980s.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-point-NHS-chief-s-warning-cheap-booze.html
Chief executive Simon Stevens said the Government needed to deal with the ‘overuse’ of alcohol urgently as it is creating problems for over-stretched A&E units.
He highlighted figures showing that the average price of alcohol relative to wages has dropped by almost half since the 1980s.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-point-NHS-chief-s-warning-cheap-booze.html