There were an estimated 1.09 million hospital admissions2 3 for which an alcohol-related disease, injury or condition was the primary reason for admission or a secondary diagnosis, in 2014-15, compared to 1.06 million in 2013-14.
The figures, released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre1, also show that men account for the majority of these admissions (65 per cent) compared to women (35 per cent).
There has been a rise in the number of drugs prescribed4 for the treatment of alcohol dependence. The number of prescription items dispensed in England in 2015 was 196,000which is nearly double the number ten years ago, when it was 109,000. The total Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) for items prescribed for alcohol dependence in 2015 was £3.93 million - more than double the level ten years ago when it was £1.52 million.
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