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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

Thousands of hospital admissions and deaths ’caused by pandemic drinking’

PA Wire

Increased drinking fuelled by the pandemic could lead to thousands of extra hospital admissions, deaths and cases of disease over the next 20 years, experts have warned.

A new study commissioned by NHS England from the University of Sheffield found that while lighter drinkers cut their consumption during the pandemic, heavier drinkers drank more and may never return to where they were.

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