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A new report from Britain how heavy drinking is its health service. More and more British people are drinking too much. This means higher of patients are needing hospital . The number of illnesses caused by alcohol has in the past five years. Healthcare say the system cannot . They say Britain’s of heavy drinking must change, or Britain’s hospitals will be in . One expert suggested making hospital patients pay $800 for alcohol-related problems. Britain’s health system is free.

One to the problem is to the price of alcohol. A committee recommended a price of 50p (around 80 cents) for a unit of alcohol. This could save around 3,000 lives a year and save of dollars for the health service. Young people who drink too much never think about the they are doing to their health. They also do not think about the to their health service. In Britain, many , accidental deaths and are because of alcohol. In 2008, 15,000 people died from alcohol .