30,000 visits to A&E over drink
Date published: 15 October 2014
THERE were more than 30,000 drink-related admissions to Oldham accident and emergency units in 2012-13 and almost 100 deaths, a report by Alcohol Concern has revealed.
The statistics reflect the picture across the North-West, which recorded 3,500 alcohol-related deaths.
Booze-related hospital admissions across the region the NHS £434.2 million.
The findings show that 1.3 million people in the region are classified as high-risk drinkers, and that just over a quarter of Oldhamers were drinking in excess of government guidelines.
Excessive drinking also increases cases of throat and gastrointestinal cancers.
Alcohol Concern chief executive Jackie Ballard said: “The NHS is now facing an intolerable strain from alcohol-related illnesses.”
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