Government not taking “appalling” harms from alcohol seriously enough

Government not taking “appalling” harms from alcohol seriously enough An estimated 10 million people in England regularly exceed the Chief Medical Officers’ low-risk drinking guidelines, including 1.7 million who drink at higher risk and around 600,000 who are dependent on alcohol. 

But in a report today the Public Accounts Committee says a “staggering” 82% of those 600,000 dependent drinkers in England are not in treatment despite success rates of around 60% and evidence that, on average, every £1 spent on treatment immediately delivers £3 of benefit and significantly more in the longer term.

See also:

• Tories’ failure to tackle alcohol harm is causing public health crisis, say MPs The Guardian