ALCOHOL

Alcohol: Minimum Pricing and Licensing Powers. Expected outcomes and recommended local actions for Merseyside (2nd March 2010)

Following the Liverpool Shadow Safer Healthier Communities Board meeting on 28th October 2009, the Board requested information on alcohol minimum pricing and utilising licensing powers, drawing upon national and regional learning. This paper details the information used for the summary paper sent to the Board. It focuses on specified recommended local actions and measurable expected outcomes, such as lives saved and reductions in hospital admissions. The paper has incorporated learning from Greater Manchester, Blackpool, Scotland, Our Life and Drink Wise NW.
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