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140 people admitted to hospital each day due to booze - Burstow
December 27, 2005 12:00 AM
140 people are admitted to hospital in England from the effects of binge drinking every day - a rise of 12% in the last year alone - according to figures released to Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow.
New figures reveal that since Labour came to power the number of hospital admissions for under 18s due to alcohol related disease has increased by 15%, with 4,809 under 18s admitted to hospital in 2004/05, compared with 4,173 in 1996/97.
There has also been a 30% rise in alcohol related hospital admissions for over-18s in this period, with numbers reaching 46,299 in 2004/05 from 35,740 in 1996/97.
Paul Burstow commented:
"'Tis the season to be jolly, but as these figures show our binge drinking culture is leading to more and more people being admitted to hospital as a result of having too much to drink.
"With the Government now pressing Primary Care Trusts to stop spending in an attempt to plug the hole in NHS deficits, it is vital that preventative measures to tackle the causes of these hospital admissions, such as alcohol-treatment services, do not get scrapped.
"If the Government forces local heath organisations to divert precious resources away from programmes that tackle the problem drinking culture in our country, they will merely be storing up a huge health bill for future Governments to mop up."
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