Clin Med
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Care homes are changing, with improved standards and expanding roles, and it is vital that their residents are not excluded or discriminated against by health and social services. Staff are keen to be educated, and investment of time and money is rewarded with improved outcomes in many areas.
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Changing alcohol consumption has led to a three- to fivefold increase in liver deaths in the UK and Finland, and a three- to fivefold decrease in France and Italy. Increasing consumption from a low baseline has been driven by fiscal, marketing and commercial factors--some of which have occurred as a result of countries joining the EU. ⋯ Fiscal incentives--minimum pricing, restricting cross border trade and more volumetric taxation could aid this shift. A healthier population and a healthy drinks industry are not incompatible.