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REVEALED: Call for action after devastating rise in drink deaths in england - The Real Truth

Alcohol England AHA Wes Streeting

Experts said the alcohol harm crisis’ will only escalate if action is not taken to reduce alcohol consumption - (Getty Images/iStock)

Experts have called for a change to sales in alcohol after a “catastrophic” rise in deaths caused by drinking.

In a letter to Wes Streeting The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) – which is made up of medical royal colleges, charities, treatment providers and academics – highlights how deaths caused “solely by alcohol have increased by a catastrophic 42% since 2019”.

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