Saturday nights and Sunday mornings - The Guardian 5th March 2008

The frontline in Warrington The A&E worker Rachel Wallis, an associate specialist in emergency medicine at Warrington hospital, said: "I do not think the number of incidents has decreased since 24-hour licensing. I have been here for 12 years and year on year I have seen an increase in the number of alcohol-related attendances at A&E. It is certainly less predictable than it was prior to 24-hour licensing. They might be physically and verbally abusive to staff. We have them urinating and vomiting. It is not nice for other patients and we often have to concentrate on the difficult behaviour and they take priority from other patients. I think unfortunately drunkenness is an accepted part of working in A&E."

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