Action on Alcohol: the Government’s 2025 New Years Resolution?
Figures released by the Department for Health and Social Care today have reinforced the post-2019 trend of increasing alcohol-specific mortality, from 10.8 deaths per thousand in 2019, to 15 deaths per thousand (dpt) in 2023. Responses to these statistics have included a letter by the Alcohol Health Alliance to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP, signed by industry leaders.