LEADING public health experts have raised the alarm after “catastrophic” rise in deaths caused by drinking – and are now calling for urgent action for the government to address the “alarming trend”.
Deaths caused “solely by alcohol have increased by a catastrophic 42 per cent since 2019″, the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) wrote in a open letter.
“Such a devastating rise in death rate has never been seen before,” it added.
Members of the Alliance – which is made up of medical royal colleges, charities, treatment providers and academics – penned a letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting to highlight the devastating toll of alcohol on Brits and England‘s healthcare system.
Some 8,274 people in Englandlost their lives to alcohol in 2023, the AHA said – but this is just the “tip of the iceberg” as there will have been many more deaths …