Because of the increase in binge drinking three Britons every 60 seconds will be hospitalized and 1.5 million A & E admissions a year by 2015 will be alcohol related.
People brought to the hospital with alcohol problems is twice as many as 2002, reaching over one million.
Over ten million British adults about 25%, drink above the daily recommended limits.
Over 2.5 million of the 10 million drink more than double the recommended amount or about three pints of beer for men and four glasses of wine for women.
Alcohol Concern says the NHS has spent large sums to help with smoking and drug use but has been shameful with the alcohol related problems.
They are asking for A&E to appoint workers to diagnose problem drinkers and refer them for treatment. Alcohol Concern says governments have failed in the drinking problems of the country and say billions can be saved by having alcohol health workers located in hospitals to advise patients on how to lower their drinking
A three fold savings will be realised by just a small investment. Alcohol is second behind smoking for risk of mouth and throat cancers.
Over 15,000 deaths were directly related to alcohol is 2008. Making drunks pay for hospital treatment can be a deterrent for them to drink says the president of the College of Emergency Medicine. It should not be underestimated the difficulties that are posed by these patients.
A smooth a safe run department is the goal and there needs to be a strategy to get there. People are claiming that hospitals are clogged with drunks and other patients are suffering from not be attended to on a timely fashion.
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