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<p>The Government is committed to tackling health harms from alcohol and to support
the most vulnerable at risk from alcohol misuse. The Prevention Green Paper <em>Advancing
our health: prevention in the 2020s</em> outlines how we will help people moderate
their drinking by working with industry to deliver a significant increase in the availability
of alcohol-free and low-alcohol products by 2025. The Government will engage with
industry and other stakeholders around delivering this objective.</p><p>Lower socioeconomic
status is associated with higher mortality for alcohol-attributable causes, despite
lower socioeconomic groups often reporting lower levels of consumption. As part of
the NHS Long Term Plan, we are establishing specialist Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals
with the highest rates of alcohol harm. It is estimated that this will prevent 50,000
admissions over five years. Local authorities will also receive over £3 billion in
2019/20 to be used exclusively on public health including alcohol treatment services.
Public Health England is supporting NHS England’s tobacco and alcohol commissioning
for quality and innovation scheme, which encourages hospitals to screen all inpatients
about their alcohol use and offer appropriate interventions.</p><p>The UK Chief Medical
Officers issued Low Risk Drinking Guidelines in 2016 so that people could make informed
choices about their own drinking and the Government has worked with industry to ensure
information on the health harms of alcohol are printed clearly on the labelling of
alcoholic drinks.</p><p>The Government has also made funding of £6 million available
to support children who live with an alcohol dependent parent which will address the
inequalities facing this vulnerable group.</p>
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