Why are alcohol specialist nurses so important in hospitals?. Nurse consultant Arlene Copland explains how they advocate for people with alcohol problems🎙️ (@drjmas). 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast here:

💸 €8.5 billion – that’s the annual cost of alcohol to Irish workplaces through lost productivity, absenteeism, and accidents. New report from @AlcoholIreland exposes alcohol’s hidden workplace toll. Report 👉

A new study by Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK) has found that:. ➡️36% of young social media users reported seeing posts relating to alcohol by businesses in the past month.➡️38% saw posts by influencers.➡️Over 18s said it led to them wanting to drink.

One said: “In fact, a total ban would be easier to implement and understand.”. A survey by @DirectLine has also found that 4 in 5 people do not know the drink drive limit, highlighting the importance of public awareness campaigns if the limit is reduced.

Interesting range of views from publicans on how lowering the drink drive limit would affect their trade. Most suggest there are many other bigger worries for their trade, and that the rise of zero alcohol drinks and more taxi availability will help.

A new @Gallup poll has found that a record-low of US adults say they drink alcohol, with many abstaining for health reasons. Only 54% of Americans now say they drink - the lowest level in the 90 years Gallup has conducted the poll - down from 58% in 2024.

. harms & promote their products. Without clear rules, children are exposed to biased info. The solution is simple: prohibit the use of materials funded by industries with blatant conflicts of interest. Schools need protection from corporate influence, not more responsibility.

Expecting schools to analyse materials from alcohol, gambling, & junk food industries is unrealistic. Teachers shouldn’t have to play detective with marketing designed to normalise harmful products. These industries often embed messaging in educational resources to downplay. .

The Department for Education says schools should “check that external resources are unbiased” & are “best placed to decide what materials use.” . In practice, this leaves schools to vet industry-funded content themselves. @educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP 🧵.

"The people that we see are often not treatment-seeking.". Alcohol Care Teams can therefore identify people that community services miss. Listen to our latest podcast with Professor Julia Sinclair (@drjmas) and Arlene Copland🎙️. 🎧 Links here:

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If the UK reduces its drink drive limit, it must do it alongside more enforcement and public transport provision. Dr Jonathan James - author of a study on Scotland's limit reduction - found these were two reasons for little impact on reducing fatalities.

RT @AlcoholFocus: A welcome move to bring England and Wales into line with Scotland 👏. Important learning from Scotland is that this must b….

. minor factor in traffic collisions compared to age and tiredness, so the government should do a full assessment and consultation on all of the risks.

. supports @TheBMA's call for a reduction to 50mg and then 20mg over time. Dr Rice discussed alcohol deaths more generally and called for a National Alcohol Strategy. Listen from 2:14:17. Elsewhere on the programme, Kate Nicholls from UKHospitality said that alcohol is a. .

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore and Dr Peter Rice joined @bbc5live to discuss potential plans to reduce the drink driving limit. Sir Ian pointed out that the UK (minus Scotland) is the only country in Europe with such a high level and that the @UK_AHA.

Having a trusted adult to turn to as a child growing up in a household with parental alcohol problems can significantly improve social connections in later life. In our latest blog, Professor Haugland explains.

We have written to the Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander MP (@Heidi_Labour) voicing our support for potential plans to reduce the drink drive limit in England and Wales. Other policies should be introduced alongside the measure. Read the letter here:

The government could reduce the drink driving limit in England & Wales to match Scotland's limit of 50mg/100ml BAC. This would be a sensible decision. England & Wales currently have the highest limit in Europe & have seen rising drink driving deaths.