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Liver disease deaths up by 500 during pandemic due to 'extra lockdown boozing'

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Liver disease has claimed 522 more lives than normal during the pandemic, Public Health England research shows. Experts say it is due to people boozing to cope with isolation and stress.

Consultant hepatologist Prof Steve Ryder, of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said he had seen 20% more patients. He added: “If you are at risk of liver failure and accelerate your drinking, it can take a matter of weeks to develop liver failure and die.

It is very quick.” Labour shadow health minister Jonathan Ashworth said it was a “massive cause for concern” after “years of Tory cuts to specialist addiction” services.

Public Health England has been monitoring “excess deaths” to help understand the impact of Covid-19. Their researchers found

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