Posted on: Thursday, 24 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By Vicki Mathias; Lynne Hutchinson v.mathias Health minister Dawn Primarolo has spoken of her determination to target happy hours in an attempt to cut the pounds2.7 billion cost of drink problems to the NHS. Details of a consultation were revealed as it emerged that 811,000 or six per cent of hospital admissions in 2006 nationally were alcohol-related. Figures published in May showed that in the Bristol PCT area there were 2,302 hospital admissions due to alcohol in 2006/07, 892 in South Gloucestershire and 805 in North Somerset. Bristol South MP Ms Primarolo, in her capacity as public health minister, wants to make a code for licensees to become mandatory and not voluntary, to restrict the way alcohol is sold. Small glasses and measures would be available alongside large ones,...
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