Raising alcohol prices could save NHS £1bn a year

By Emma Dent2009-03-16T00:00:00

Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has proposed enforcing a minimum price of 50 pence per unit of alcohol in a bid to reduce the effects of drinking on health and society.

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