It was reported this week that the problem of A and E departments being overwhelmed by drunken patients is now not just a weekend phenomenon, but is spreading through the week. There are suggestions that such patients should not be admitted to A and E, but dealt with separately in specialist drunk units. When will the Government accept that Britain’s alcohol problem is serious? May we have a debate on the need for comprehensive legislation to deal with this growing national problem?
Business of the House
Business question from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 19 June 2014.
It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
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2014-15
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