FOI reference: FOI-2026-3422
You asked
Request for UK alcohol addiction pre and post COVID-19 pandemic statistics.
Consider alcohol dependency as a person who has developed a physical dependency on alcohol but has not yet detoxed from the substance.
Alcoholic as a person who has detoxed from alcohol and started to consume alcohol post detox at least once extending to several detoxes and above.
Alcoholism when a person's addiction to alcohol is so advanced that it is all consuming and completely destructive, their life is acquiring and consuming alcohol and their condition is distinct from that of an alcoholic.
How many new cases of identified alcohol addiction have been confirmed since the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK? By alcohol addiction I mean to say people who have become physically dependant on alcohol, have then detoxed from alcohol and begun to consume alcohol again.
How has this affected our understanding of the extent of alcohol misuse and abuse amongst people who considered themselves to be casual drinkers of alcohol?
What is the estimated increase in cases of alcohol dependency post COVID-19 lockdown ?
How many alcohol dependants detoxed unexpectedly at home "cold turkey" ?
What are the effects of unexpected, unplanned and unsupervised or assisted home alcohol detoxifications on the human physiology and how could this effect their addiction in the long-term?
How will this effect drug and alcohol services as they currently are?
How will this affect productivity in areas of employment?
What are the risks and in what areas of employment are those risks elevated to unacceptable levels?
What can be done now to slow or prevent a rapid deterioration in standard's across all sector's?
Where should investment be made today for a better tomorrow?
What is the demographic that should be targeted for training employment and investment?
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics. These statistics are derived from information collected at death registration. Our Alcohol Specific Deaths in the UK release provides statistics on deaths from causes known to be a direct consequence of alcohol consumption.
We do not hold any other information relating to the information you have asked for in this request.
NHS England produce statistics for alcohol related hospital admissions and prescriptions use to treat alcohol dependence.
The Fingertips tool produced by the Department for Health and Social Care also published a suite of statistics relating to alcohol consumption, treatment, and inequalities surrounding alcohol abuse.
Digital Health and Care Wales's Quarterly Report provides information on referrals to alcohol treatment providers and Welsh Government have produced a report on alcohol misuse in Wales.
Public Health Wales have produced a report looking at alcohol related hospital admissions, primary care and mortality.
For information on alcohol dependence in Scotland and Northern Ireland, please contact Public Health Scotland and Department of Health respectively.
For further information on alcohol specific mortality please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk