Alcohol misuse is a huge challenge for healthcare services, argues Tom Phillips. Nurses have a crucial role in developing new strategies
The role of nurses in helping to tackle problem drinking has never been more important. More than a quarter of adults living in England aged 16-64 drink at levels that could harm their health now or in the future. This means that about 8.2 million adults need some form of intervention or support (
Nursing Standard. 20, 22, 32-33. doi: 10.7748/ns.20.22.32.s33
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