Alcohol
Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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Alcohol-related poor health costs the NHS £2.7 billion pounds per year, the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed today. Alcohol misuse has become an increasing burden on the NHS, with drinking-related deaths increasing over 100 per cent since 1990. “Alcohol misuse constitutes a heavy and increasing burden on the NHS,” said Tim Burr, head of the… Read more »
The number of psychiatric inpatients for drugs and alcohol problems has increased by 29 per cent since 2003, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Conservative shadow health minister Anne Milton suggested substance abuse problems have escalated under the Labour government. “This worrying increase in admissions to hospital due to drug and alcohol abuse clearly… Read more »
