NHS Dumfries and Galloway has welcomed a new study suggesting that minimum unit pricing in Scotland has led to fewer alcohol-related deaths compared with England.
The research, published in medical journal the Lancet, estimated that since the introduction of minimum pricing in May 2018 to December 2020 there had been 390 fewer deaths and 1,000 fewer hospital admissions.
It noted that prior to 2018, alcohol-related admissions in Scotland were running at almost double the rate south of the border.
But over the 32-month period the gap narrowed – pointing to the scheme’s positive impact on cutting damaging long term drinking.
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