Alcohol puts 500,000 a year in hospital - The Telegraph 12th January 2008

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Half a million people are being admitted to hospital each year after drinking too much, new figures have revealed. English hospitals are now treating more than 1,200 people every day for alcohol-related conditions, data from the Department of Health showed. The number of people put in hospital by drink has more than doubled in 10 years, adding to pressure for Gordon Brown to act on Britain's culture of binge drinking.

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