A&E treats '1m drinkers a year'
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Hospital A&E departments are flooded with 1m boozers at weekends each year, a study says.
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Experts are warning of the social and economic costs of binge drinking, as revellers gear up for New Year's Eve.
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NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.
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Police say excessive drinking is a factor in a rise in the number of rapes and sexual assaults over the last year.
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Britons are on average giving more to charity than a year ago, according to a report.
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Fifty-nine percent of Britons aged between 18 and 24 drink alcohol just to get drunk and the practice is expected to rise during the football World Cup, a health information charity said.
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Campaigns to save local A&E departments from closure could cause many deaths each year, a report warns.
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Australians have a reputation as big drinkers but a new report has found many can not handle their hangovers, with Australians claiming more than 2.6 million sick days a year as a result of a night on the booze.
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The drinks industry will have to pay towards policing when 24-hour drinking starts, ministers are to announce.
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The licensing shake-up a year ago has not encouraged most people to go to pubs more, a survey suggests.
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Plans to allow 24-hour drinking will raise the cost to the NHS of alcohol-fuelled harm, a top medical group says.
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The Inland Revenue pays out nearly Â£1m compensation to people who have suffered because of tax credit errors or delays.
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Â·  Remedy 'promoted like a religion' by charityÂ·  Patients paying Â£19,000 a year for unproven product
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Alcohol, not drugs, linked to incidents, says survey.
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Â· Crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths  Â· European safety figures show UK falling behind
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ONS survey reveals alcohol consumption in Britain could also be falling
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Britain's teeangers are among the heaviest drinkers and drug-users in Europe, research has found.