Alcoholic Drinks: Death

(asked on 29th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help reduce the number of alcohol related deaths.


Answered by
Maggie Throup Portrait
Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 8th November 2021

NHS England and NHS Improvement have invested £27 million in a four year programme to establish alcohol care teams in hospitals to provide specialist alcohol interventions where needed. We have also invested £80 million in substance misuse treatment in 2021/22, with £9.8 million for medically managed inpatient detoxification units treating those most dependent on alcohol. This is in addition to local authorities’ funding for substance misuse treatment from the Public Health Grant.

The newly established Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will also focus on tackling alcohol-related health harms.

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