A report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee says a “staggering” 82 per cent of those 600,000 dependent drinkers in England are not in treatment despite success rates of around 60 per cent and evidence that, on average, every £1 spent on treatment immediately delivers £3 of benefit and significantly more in the longer term.
The committee reports there has been an alarming increase in alcohol-related deaths, which have risen by 89 per cent over the past twenty years, with sharp rises since 2019. But the number of people receiving treatment for alcohol dependency has generally been falling.
Government not taking “appalling” harms from alcohol seriously enough – Committees – UK Parliament