We’re Not ‘National Hangover Service,’ N.H.S. Tells U.K. Drinkers<br />Mr. Stevens described people whose excessive consumption was placing adding pressure on the already strained health service as "selfish,"<br />and said his organization was looking to expand the use of portable alcohol intoxication management services — more commonly known as drunk tanks.<br />that Many of the referrals related to excessive alcohol consumption take place because people tend to panic and don’t know what steps to take,<br />29, 2017<br />LONDON — By Friday, hard-drinking Britons had recovered from Christmas — a crucial leg in the holiday party season —<br />and were ready for one of the booziest nights of the year: New Year’s Eve.<br />During the year, approximately 15 percent of people who seek treatment at emergency<br />rooms do so in response to alcohol consumption, the health service said.<br />The health service has reported a huge increase in the number of people referred to emergency<br />rooms in the first two hours of the new year because of excessive alcohol consumption.<br />His assessment came after spending time before Christmas with ambulance crews on night shifts in London, witnessing firsthand the frequency with which accident<br />and emergency services — known in Britain by the shorthand A.<br />The units are being used in cities like Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester<br />and Cardiff, and if they succeed in reducing pressure on emergency services this year, the health service will scale up their use in other major cities in 2018.
