Submitted by Jeremy Stuart Tovey on Thursday 12th August 2021
Published on Tuesday 17th August 2021
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 17th February 2022
Signatures: 154
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commission ~ Deaths ~ England ~ Excess ~ fund ~ Hospitalisations ~ hospitality ~ independence ~ Levy ~ mentalhealth ~ Minimum ~ NHS ~ Occupy ~ Rehabilitation ~ Scotland ~ The Independent ~ Thousands ~ Threatening ~ Unit ~ Unite ~ vulnerability ~ Wales ~ Years
Introduce 50p MUP for alcohol in England with a 20p levy towards treatment
Adopt Minimum Unit Pricing - in line with Scotland & Wales and the recommendation of the Independent Commission on Alcohol Harm - with an additional 20p per unit levy to fund specialist addiction treatment (detox and rehabilitation).
Excess alcohol use affects around 20% of the population, is responsible for 1 million hospital admissions a year, thousands of deaths a year and increases vulnerability to many other life-threatening physical and mental health problems. It's estimated that dependent drinkers occupy 1 in 10 of NHS beds but budgets for alcohol treatment have been cut over recent years. Some health-related information on labels is voluntary and the industry contributes nothing to treatment - we think they should.
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