Heavy drinking costs the NHS approximately 2.7 billion pounds a year. The growing addiction to alcohol is putting an enormous strain on the health costs and services and is a burden that is no longer sustainable. Alcohol consumptions has gone up 20% in the last three decades and the long-term costs will only rise. To solve this issue cultural and social aspects should be taken into account. Furthermore the social attitude towards drinking, alcohol prices, raising awareness towards alcohol harm, better links between services and education to children are important aspects while struggling with this issue.
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The Independent
Friday, 1 January 2009
Reaction: I think this is a big problem. The numbers of alcohol related incidents are rising which means the costs are rising too. There is a lot of pressure on hospital staff and if people keep on drinking the healthcare costs will keep on rising. I also think it is a rather stupid problem. I think it is an outrage that people who drink to much take up precious time from hospital staff or ambulance staff. People know the dangers of alcohol and I think that most of these kind of incidents are unnecessary if people just used their brain a bit more often.
How can people be so stupid by drinking so much alcohol. I cannot understand it! I think these drunk people should pay their hospital bills by themselves. Last year I was in Greece and I spoke with a couple of Greece people about the drunk English youth. One Greece man said to me “they are not human they are animals”
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