Alcohol-Related Deaths Spike in Sefton Following COVID Pandemic

Record numbers of people are dying from drink-related causes in a north west of England borough.

New data shows deaths relating to alcohol in Sefton, Merseyside, are up by a third since the Covid pandemic, with the borough having the sixth highest number in the UK.

In 2022 67 people died from alcohol, which equates to nearly 24 people per 100,000.

In the under 18s bracket, the figure goes up to 71 per 100,000.

Equivalent figures for Wirral, Liverpool and Knowsley fell.

More here