Okla-homey
1/3/2010, 04:20 PM
I bet Winston Churchill is rolling over in his grave.
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Henry Featherstone, from Policy Exchange, said: "Alcohol misuse in Britain is at a level where it constitutes a public health epidemic. The Government should now commit to a review of its entire strategy for tackling the harms from alcohol misuse. We recommend that the costs of being admitted to hospital to sleep off alcoholic excess should be met by individuals, not the NHS - the tariff cost for their admission of £532."
Overall, the cost of treating drunks has almost doubled in just five years, rising to £2.7billion in 2006/7 compared with £1.47billion in 2001/2.
Experts blame the increase on round-the-clock drinking, which began in 2005, and the availability of cheap alcohol in supermarkets and pubs.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2790647/Hardy-Brits-defy-chill-in-2010.html
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Henry Featherstone, from Policy Exchange, said: "Alcohol misuse in Britain is at a level where it constitutes a public health epidemic. The Government should now commit to a review of its entire strategy for tackling the harms from alcohol misuse. We recommend that the costs of being admitted to hospital to sleep off alcoholic excess should be met by individuals, not the NHS - the tariff cost for their admission of £532."
Overall, the cost of treating drunks has almost doubled in just five years, rising to £2.7billion in 2006/7 compared with £1.47billion in 2001/2.
Experts blame the increase on round-the-clock drinking, which began in 2005, and the availability of cheap alcohol in supermarkets and pubs.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2790647/Hardy-Brits-defy-chill-in-2010.html