Deaths from Liver Disease up by One Fifth in England
Deaths caused by Liver Disease have increased by twenty per cent in England during the last decade whilst in the rest of Europe rates have fallen. Dame Sally Davies said it was the liver disease figures that shocked her the most – and showed there needed to be investment in prevention, early diagnosis and effective treatment.
“I was struck by the data on liver disease particularly,” she said. “This is the only major cause of preventative death that is on the increase in England that is generally falling in other comparable European nations. We must act to change this.”
The report comes after the government said earlier this year it would look to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. A consultation is expected to start soon.
Eric Appleby, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said the situation with liver disease was “appalling”. “It’s imperative that we come together now to act swiftly and decisively to tackle this problem,” he said.
Simon Stephens Director of Case Work at Addictions UK described the statistics as depressing and called for more support for those people who need affordable and effective treatment to stop drinking. He said there is a massive need for more cost effective and accessible support for those who have a pathological dependence to alcohol.
He said, “We urge local decision makers to have access services from those agencies that can provide appropriate therapies to prevent this national calamity.”
For further details of the report see www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20410378
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Towns in Traditional English Counties
Bedfordshire
Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Flitwick, Houghton Regis, Kempston, Leagrave, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Sandy, Stotfold
Berkshire
Ascot, Bracknell, Crowthorne, Earley, Eton, Hungerford, Hythe End, Lambourn, Maidenhead, Newbury, Sandhurst, Thatcham, Wallingford, Windsor, Wokingham, Woodley
Buckinghamshire
Amersham, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, Bletchley, Buckingham, Burnham, Chesham, Fenny Stratford, High Wycombe, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Olney, Buckinghamshire, Princes Risborough, Stony Stratford, Wendover, Winslow, Woburn Sands, Wolverton
Buckinghamshire
Cambridge, Chatteris, Fulbourn, Godmanchester, Hanley Grange, Huntingdon, Littleport, March, Northstowe, Ramsey, St Ives, St Neots, Soham, Whittlesey, Wisbech
Cheshire
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Cornwall
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Cumbria
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Derbyshire
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Devon
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Dorset
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Durham
Beamish, Eaglescliffe, Edmondsley, Esh, Ferryhill, Frosterley, Hartlepool, Haswell, Houghton Le Spring, Ireshopeburn, Lanchester, Langley Moor, Middlestone, Middleton In Teesdale, Middleton St George, Newton, Peterlee, Piercebridge, Shotley Bridge, Spennymoor, Stanhope
Essex
Basildon, Billericay, Braintree, Brentwood, Canvey Island, Chelmsford, Chigwell, Chipping Ongar, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Epping, Frinton and Walton, Frinton-on-Sea, Grays, Great Clacton, Harlow, Harwich, Jaywick, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Loughton, Maldon, Manningtree, Pitsea, Rayleigh, Rochford, Saffron Walden, South Benfleet, Southend-on-Sea, Southminster, Stanford-le-Hope, Tilbury, Waltham Abbey, Walton-on-the-Naze, West Mersea, West Thurrock, Wickford, Witham, Wivenhoe
Gloucestershire
Berkeley, Bristol, Cheltenham, Chipping Sodbury, Cinderford, Cirencester, Clevedon, Coleford, Dursley, Fairford, Gloucester, Lechlade, Lydney, Minchinhampton, Mitcheldean, Moreton-in-Marsh, Nailsea, Nailsworth, Newent, Northleach, Painswick, Stonehouse, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Thornbury, Winchcombe, Wotton-under-Edge, Yate
Hampshire
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Herefordshire
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Hertfordshire
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Huntingdon
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Kent
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Lancashire
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Northamptonshire
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Leicestershire
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Braunstone, Coalville, Earl Shilton, Hinckley, Ibstock, Leicsester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market, Melton Mowbray, Oadby, Shepshed, Syston, Wigston Magna
Lincolnshire
Alford, Barton-upon-Humber, Boston, Bottesford, Bourne, Brigg, Broughton, Burgh Le Marsh, Caistor, Cleethorpes, Coningsby, Crowland, Crowle, Epworth, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Holbeach, Horncastle, Immingham, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincoln, Long Sutton, Louth, Mablethorpe, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Market Deeping, Market Rasen, North Hykeham, Scunthorpe, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford, Wainfleet, Winterton
London
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Manchester
Altrincham, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, Atherton, Audenshaw, Blackrod, Bolton, Bury, Cadishead, Chadderton, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Eccles, Failsworth, Farnworth, Golborne, Heywood, Hindley, Horwich, Hyde, Ince-in-Makerfield, Irlam, Kearsley, Leigh, Littleborough, Middleton, Milnrow, Mossley, Oldham, Partington, Pendlebury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Rochdale, Royton, Sale, Salford, Shaw and Crompton, Stalybridge, Stockport, Stretford, Swinton, Tottington, Tyldesley, Walkden, WesThoughton, Whitefield, Wigan, Worsley
Merseyside
Bebington, Birkenhead, Bootle, Crosby, Earlestown, Formby, Great Crosby, Halewood, Heswall, Hoylake, Huyton, Kirkby, Liverpool, Maghull, Newton-le-Willows, Prescot, Rainford, Rainhill, Southport, St Helens, Wallasey, Whiston
Norfolk
Acle, Attleborough, Aylsham, Cobholm Island, Cromer, Dereham, Diss, Downham Market, Fakenham, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Harleston, Hingham, Holt, Hunstanton, King’s Lynn, Loddon, North Walsham, Norwich, Reepham, Sheringham, Stalham, Swaffham, Thetford, Watton, Wells-next-the-Sea, Wroxham, Wymondham
Northumberland
Allendale, Alnwick, Amble, Ashington, Bedlington, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Corbridge, Cramlington, Darras Hall, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Newcastle, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Rothbury, Wooler
Nottinghamshire
Arnold, Attenborough, Beeston, Bingham, Bracebridge, Bulwell, Carlton, Cotgrave, Eastwood, Hucknall, Kilton, Kimberley, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Netherfield, Newark-on-Trent, Nottingham, Ollerton, Ollerton and Boughton, Retford, Southwell, Stapleford, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Toton, Warsop, West Bridgford, Worksop
Oxfordshire
Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Faringdon, Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Watlington, Witney, Woodstock
Rutland
Oakham, Uppingham
Shropshire
Bishop’s Castle, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Craven Arms, Dawley, Ellesmere, Ludlow, Madeley, Market Drayton, Much Wenlock, Newport, Oakengates, Oswestry, Shifnal, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wellington, Whitchurch
Somerset
Axbridge, Bath, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Chard, Clevedon, Crewkerne, Frome, Glastonbury, Highbridge, Ilminster, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Minehead, Nailsea, North Petherton, Norton Radstock, Portishead, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Somerton, South Petherton, Taunton, Watchet, Wellington, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Wincanton, Wiveliscombe, Yate, Yeovil
Staffordshire
Biddulph, Burntwood, Burslem, Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Cheadle, Eccleshall, Fazeley, Fenton, Hanley, Hednesford, Kidsgrove, Leek, Lichfield, Longton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Penkridge, Rugeley, Stafford, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stone, Tamworth, Tunstall, Uttoxeter
Suffolk
Aldeburgh, Beccles Brandon, Bungay, Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Dommoc, Eye, Felixstowe, Framlingham, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Kesgrave, Leiston, Mildenhall, Needham Market, Newmarket, Orford, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Walton, Woodbridge
Surrey
Banstead, Camberley, Caterham, Chertsey, Chobham, Cobham, Cranleigh, Croydon, Dorking, Egham, Epsom, Esher, Farnham, Frimley, Gatwick, Godalming, Guildford, Haslemere, Horley, Leatherhead, Lingfield, Oxted, Redhill, Reigate, Staines, Sunbury, Sutton, Warlingham, Weybridge, Woking
Sussex
Arundel, Battle, Bognor Regis, Bexhill-on-Sea, Brighton and Hove, Chichester, Crawley, Crowborough, Eastbourne, East Grinstead, Hailsham, Hastings, Haywards Heath, Heathfield, Horsham, Hove, Lancing, Lewes, Littlehampton, Midhurst, Petworth, Rye, Selsey, Uckfield, Worthing
Warwickshire
Atherstone, Coleshill, Coventry, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick
Wiltshire
Amesbury, Bradford on Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Cricklade, Devizes, Highworth, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham, Mere, Swindon, Tidworth, Tisbury, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Wilton, Wootton
Worcestershire
Bewdley, Droitwich Spa, Evesham, Great Malvern, Kidderminster, Malvern, Pershore, Redditch, Spennells, St Johns, Stourport-on-Severn, Tenbury Wells, Upton-upon-Severn
Yorkshire
Anston, Armthorpe, Askern, Baildon, Barnsley, Batley, Bawtry, Bedale, Bentham, Beverley, Bingley, Boroughbridge, Bradford, Bridlington, Brierley, Brighouse, Brough, Castleford, Catterick, Cleckheaton, Conisbrough, Denholme, Dewsbury, Dinnington, Doncaster, Driffield, Easingwold, Elland, Eston, Farsley, Featherstone, Filey, Garforth, Goole, Grangetown, Grassington, Guiseley, Guisborough, Halifax, Harrogate, Hawes, Haxby, Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Hedon, Helmsley, Hemsworth, Hessle, Holmfirth, Hornsea, Horsforth, Howden, Hoyland, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Keighley, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough, Knottingley, Leeds, Leyburn, Liversedge, Loftus, Maltby, Malton, Market Weighton, Masham, Mexborough, Middleham, Middlesbrough, Mirfield, Morley, Mytholmroyd, Normanton, Northallerton, Norton-on-Derwent, Ossett, Otley, Pateley Bridge, Penistone, Pickering, Pocklington, Pontefract, Pudsey, Redcar, Richmond, Robin Hood’s Bay, Rotherham, Rothwell, Royston, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Scarborough, Selby, Settle, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Shipley, Silsden, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Skipton, Snaith, South Cave, South Elmsall, Sowerby Bridge, Stainforth, Stocksbridge, Stokesley, Swinton, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Thornaby-on-Tees, Thorne, Tickhill, Todmorden, Wath-upon-Dearne, Wetherby, Withernsea, Whitby, Yarm, Yeadon, York
UK Local Authorities
English Counties
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Worcestershire
London Boroughs
Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster
Metropolitan Districts in England
Barnsley, Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford, Bury, Calderdale, Coventry, Doncaster, Dudley, Gateshead, Kirklees, Knowsley, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Oldham, Rochdale, Rotherham, St. Helens, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, Stockport, Sunderland, Tameside, Trafford, Wakefield, Walsall, Wigan, Wirral, Wolverhampton
Unitary Authorities in England
Bath and North East Somerset, Blackburn with Darwen, Bedford, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cornwall
Darlington, Derby, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Halton, Hartlepool, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Northumberland, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth. Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Redcar and Cleveland, Rutland, Shropshire, Slough, South Gloucestershire, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Swindon, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Warrington, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, York, City of London
