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Thursday, August 16, 2012

New RCPI policy group on alcohol to recommend minimum pricing and restricted availability to reduce deaths


The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has established a national policy group to address the health and social burden of alcohol in Ireland.
The policy group brings together experts from a wide range of organisations, including the Irish College of General Practitioners, the National Cancer Control Programme, the College of Psychiatry of Ireland, the Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, the Irish Society of Gastroenterology, and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine.
This multi-disciplinary group will address the unacceptably high levels of alcohol health harm in Ireland by proposing practical solutions backed up by a robust, international evidence base. The group’s recommendations will be focused on reducing the harm caused by alcohol to health and society. > > > > Read More