Alcohol Admissions Doubled In England’s Hospitals Since Mid 90s

A new report from the NHS shows that alcohol-related admissions to hospitals in England have more than doubled since the mid 1990s from 93,500 in 1995/6 to 207,800 in 2006/7. The report, titled “Statistics on Alcohol: England 2008″, produced by the NHS Information Centre, also shows that GP prescriptions for alcohol dependency have gone up by 20 per cent in the last four years.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on June 1st, 2008