Patients who use private residential detox clinics are being put at risk of harm because a large number of these services are not providing safe care, health inspectors have said.
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Scotland will become the first country in the world to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol. Supreme Court justices gave their backing to the controversial measure in what ministers in
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Two shops in Cardiff city centre are using breathalysers on customers who want to buy alcohol in a bid to clamp down on boozy anti-social behaviour. The Spar stores, in
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Death rates among 60 to 74-year-old men owing wholly to alcohol abuse have “increased significantly” since 2001, new figures show. The rise is particularly steep among men aged between 70
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Hundreds of thousands of teenagers’ lives are blighted by the drinking problems of their parents, a charity has warned. The Children’s Society has estimated there are 700,000 teenagers across the
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Specialist “drying out” centres could be created to hold people who are detained while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a major review suggests. Ministers were urged to look
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A new law that will introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol in Wales has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol)
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Criminals could be barred from drinking alcohol or gambling after they are freed from prison under a new drive to tackle re-offending. For the first time, probation officers will be
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Jonathan Ashworth has said Labour would develop the first strategy to help children whose parents are addicts. In a personal speech at the party’s conference, the shadow health secretary recalled
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Research by the University of Brighton has shown than publicity campaigns can help combat alcohol-fueled sexual contact. Dr Matthew Wood, from the University’s Brighton Business School, teamed up with Professor
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