Addressing Health Problems Of Alcohol Requires Society Wide Response

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs
Article Date: 02 Sep 2010 - 1:00 PDT

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Responding to figures from the North West Public Health Observatory on the effects of alcohol consumption, NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said it was up to society as a whole to address the problems of excessive drinking

Commenting on the release of Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) by the North West Public Health Observatory, Jo webber, deputy policy director of the NHS Confederation, which represents over 95 per cent of NHS organisations said:

"The NHS Confederation has argued in a report at the New Year that alcohol is causing a growing health problem in the UK, damaging lives as well as costing the health service billions.

"The NHS should not have to pick up the tab for our nation's drinking. Unless society as a whole considers the price, availability of alcohol and our attitudes towards it we will be using a sticking plaster solution for a national problem.

"In a time of much tighter public spending it is up to individuals and public services to work together so we can intervene early and address both the harm alcohol causes to people's health and the huge cost burden it puts on the nation's finances."

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NHS Confederation

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