A coalition of organisations working together to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
The government has announced its first road safety strategy in over a decade, with a plan to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Britain’s roads by 65% by 2035. The strategy will consult on introducing a lower drink-drive limit […]
Today on International Men’s Day the UK Government launched a new Men’s Health Strategy for England. While alcohol is acknowledged as an important factor impacting men’s health, the strategy doesn’t go far enough to address […]
Leading voices from across the public health, medical and treatment sectors have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, to call for an urgent and ambitious strategy to address […]
The Government’s long-awaited NHS 10-Year Plan has been published today – but leading public health experts have slammed it for failing to include key policies to reduce alcohol harm, despite record-high levels of alcohol-related illness […]
New figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that 10,473 people died from conditions caused by alcohol across the UK in 2023. This marks an increase on the previous year, making it […]
Public health groups have called on Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to make addressing alcohol harm a top priority in 2025. This follows alarming new statistics that show, in just […]
Responding to the Chancellor’s decision to increase most alcohol duty at the Autumn Budget today, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: “The decision to increase most alcohol duty as […]
The number of alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland remains the highest since 2008, according to new figures published by National Records of Scotland. In total, 1,277 deaths were attributed to alcohol-specific causes in 2023, an […]
Action to tackle the “escalating crisis” of alcohol harm is urgently needed if Labour are to shorten NHS waiting times, prevent crime, reduce inequalities and grow the economy, say leading public health experts. In a […]
England, Wales and Northern Ireland have the highest drink driving limit in Europe. In this blog, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the AHA and President of the British Medical Association (BMA), explains why the […]
