Britain on the booze: how a night of alcohol impacts the National Health Service

[barryqwalsh]

An entire evening of nationwide drinking - and how it affects the NHS and its overstretched A&E departments and ambulance services

An entire evening of nationwide drinking - and how it affects the NHS and its overstretched A&E departments and ambulance services


Contribute with guardian witness
Steven Morris in Cardiff, Libby Brooks in Glasgow, Kate Lyons in Leicester, Jessica Elgot in Stoke, Lisa O'Carroll in Southampton, Josh Halliday in Manchester, Zoe Williams in Liverpool and Mark Rice-Oxley in London


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Britain on the booze: how a night of alcohol impacts the NHS

 

[The Great Goose]

Its sad to see so many young people with obesity. Sad.

 

[Blackrook]

This is what happens when a nation turns its back on God.

 

[barryqwalsh]

If you live in the UK, have a look at the NHS Levy petition!



While it won't solve everything, it would be a positive step..................A SUGAR TAX! PETITION - WILL YOU SIGN IT?


I believe such a tax would be popular, but the name should be changed. How about a 1% NHS LEVY on alcohol, tobacco and junk food?

All the revenue raised could be put into an NHS FUTURE FUND, with the proceeds of the fund spend on the NHS.

It would be a mini sovereign wealth fund for healthcare spending, which is going to rise dramatically in the coming years with new treatments and technology.

Please Click this link to sign the petition:
Petition: A sugar tax: How about a 1% NHS LEVY on alcohol, tobacco and junk food?

 

[barryqwalsh]

If you live in the UK, have a look at the NHS Levy petition!



While it won't solve everything, it would be a positive step..................A SUGAR TAX! PETITION - WILL YOU SIGN IT?


I believe such a tax would be popular, but the name should be changed. How about a 1% NHS LEVY on alcohol, tobacco and junk food?

All the revenue raised could be put into an NHS FUTURE FUND, with the proceeds of the fund spend on the NHS.

It would be a mini sovereign wealth fund for healthcare spending, which is going to rise dramatically in the coming years with new treatments and technology.

Please Click this link to sign the petition:
Petition: A sugar tax: How about a 1% NHS LEVY on alcohol, tobacco and junk food?

Please email the petition to relatives and friends in the UK!

 

[waltky]

Uncle Ferd always takes a flask with him when he goes out onna date...

Women 'nearing equality with men - in alcohol consumption'
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 - Women have caught up with men, at least when it comes to knocking back alcohol - a global study of drinking habits shows.

The analysis of 4 million people, born between 1891 and 2001, showed that men used to be far more likely to drink and have resulting health problems. But the current generation have pretty much closed the gap, the BMJ Open report says. The changing roles of men and women in society partly explain the move towards boozing parity.

The study showed that in people born in the early 1900s, men were:

* More than twice as likely as women to drink alcohol at all (2.2 times)
* Three times as likely to drink to problematic levels
* And 3.6 times as likely to develop health problems from drinking, such as liver cirrhosis

But over the ensuing decades, the gap closed so that for those born at the end of the century men were only:

* A smidge - 1.1 times - as likely as women to drink alcohol at all
* A much lower 1.2 times as likely to drink to problematic levels
* And 1.3 times as likely to develop health problems from drinking

The team at the University of New South Wales, in Australia, analysed data from people all over the world - although it was massively skewed towards North America and Europe. They concluded: "Alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders have historically been viewed as a male phenomenon. "The present study calls this assumption into question and suggests that young women, in particular, should be the target of concerted efforts to reduce the impact of substance use and related harms."

Prof Mark Petticrew, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "Men's and women's roles have been changing over the decades, this is likely to account for some of these trends - but not all. "The increasing availability of alcohol also plays an important part, as does the way that alcohol marketing is often targeted specifically at women and particularly young women. "Health professionals need to help the public - both men and women - to understand the health risks of alcohol consumption, and how to reduce those risks."

Women 'nearing equality with men - in alcohol consumption' - BBC News