Safe. Sensible. Social. The next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy reviews progress since the publication of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England (2004) and outlines further national and local action to achieve long-term reductions in alcohol-related ill health and crime.
Alcohol Concern considers that many aspects of the new strategy are to be welcomed, such as the greater emphasis on health, the recognition of the need to support harmful drinkers and a tighter focus on ensuring the drinks industry operates in a responsible way. The Government has also made a welcome commitment to raise public
awareness about how to drink safely and about the potential consequences of not doing so. Alcohol Concern has lobbied hard to secure these commitments, and many others contained within the new Strategy, and we are pleased to see Government taking a more
comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol harm. However there are also serious omissions in the Strategy, such as the lack of effort to ensure enough high quality treatment is available for those who need it.
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