Institute of Alcohol Studies

You don’t always have to make big changes to your drinking to start feeling the benefits. Cutting back on alcohol, even a little, can improve sleep, mood, energy, and relationships.

This #AlcoholAwarenessWeek Check in on your drinking: http://alcoholchange.org.uk/check-your-drinking

Following Andy Burnham’s comment that the football stadium alcohol ban was “wrong”, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:

“Police chiefs have warned against the relaxing of the rules of drinking in the stands and we think that’s sensible..

A mental health strategy for England, minus alcohol, would be like a weather forecast that ignores the rain.

71% of adults in alcohol treatment need mental health support, but these two systems often fail to work together.

Our consultation response:

“The UK already knows what works. Continued inaction on MUP in England is becoming increasingly difficult to justify.”

Labour MP Dr Beccy Cooper’s @bmj_latest letter pushes for minimum unit pricing in England.

@SharonHodgsonMP @jamesmurray_ldn