By Daily Mail Reporter
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Abuse: The number of patients admitted to hospital because they abused alcohol has risen by more than 10 per cent in a year
The number of patients admitted to hospital as a result of alcohol abuse has risen by more than 10 per cent in a year.
Nearly 1.2million were brought in last year with conditions including liver disease, alcohol poisoning or for injuries sustained when drunk.
And this number does not include patients who were treated in AE and then sent home. It only accounts for the more severely ill who needed to be transferred to other wards.
Figures from the NHS Information Centre show that the numbers of these admissions have more than doubled since 2002 when they were first recorded.
There were 1,168,300 last year, a rise of almost 11 per cent compared to 1,056,900 in 2009/10. In 2002/3 there were just 510,800 such admissions.
Additionally, the NHS spends £2.5million a year on drugs to treat alcoholics. Some 167,800 prescriptions were handed out last year for medicines which are used to help alcoholics abstain by making them sick when they drink.
This is up by 5 per cent compared to the previous year when 160,300 prescriptions were written.
Experts say the total cost of alcohol to the NHS exceeds £3billion a year.
Emily Robinson, of the charity Alcohol Research, said: ‘As a country we face a huge NHS bill because of health problems caused by alcohol.
Waste: Experts say the total cost of alcohol to the NHS exceeds £3billion a year (picture posed by models)
‘That means we need the Government to take action across a whole range of policy areas such as advertising, pricing, availability and investing in treatment to help bring down the number going to hospital because of alcohol.’
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god knows why this rubbish is legal and cannabis isnt. the only thing against cannabis is the they think it might cause mental health problems. its a fact alcohol does and does far more other bad things. ridiculous laws.
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The NHS Information Centre is " England's central, authoritative source of health and social care information." Perhaps the DM can explain why they fail to mention this important fact. You are never as reticent when bashing Scotland for its perceived alcohol issues as your article headlined "Why Scots die younger: It's down to smoking, drinking and a poor diet (but higher deprivation caused by decades of poor political decisions doesn't help)", proves.
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Time to revive the temperance crusade of a century ago.
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Can't imagine why people are drinking more. Anyone would think we have dreadful lives nowadays.
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