UK A&Es seeing 'drunk children'

[Northerner]

Nearly 300 children aged 11 or under were admitted to A&E units across the UK last year after drinking too much, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation shows.

Revealing UK-wide data for the first time, it said a total of 6,500 under-18s were admitted with alcohol-related illnesses in 2012-13.

The data came from 125 of the 189 UK NHS organisations following Freedom of Information requests.

More girls than boys are now being admitted, a reversal of the past trend.

Over the last five years A&E departments across the UK have dealt with nearly 48,000 incidents where under-18s have been admitted for drink or drug related illnesses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24301379

 

[Steff]

Good grief I'm proberbly supposed to not be shocked by the 300 under 11s that were admitted but I am 😱 that's so hard for me to comprehend I have a 12 year old who hates fizzy drinks,alcohol ain't even entered into his head thank goodness.