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Alcohol-related deaths soar during lockdown as Brits urged to cut back on Covid boozing
Mirror. The Department of Health and Social Care said it was giving local authorities billions of pounds more this year for public health and it was increasing access to mental health services, including for alcoholism.Consultant hepatologist Prof Steve Ryder, of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said he had seen 20% more patients during lockdown.He said: "If you are at risk of liver failure and accelerate your drinking, it can take a matter of weeks to develop liver failure and die.