News

19/02/2013

Sunderland urged to choose less booze

Sunderland shoppers, city centre workers and other passers-by will be encouraged to think about alcohol and their health by a team of Freerunners in brightly coloured Morph Suits today...

18/02/2013

Is drink sneaking up on you?

Only 16% of North Easterners are keeping check on how much alcohol they drink and fewer than half know what the maximum units are, according to new research from Balance, the North...

15/02/2013

Weekly news update: NICE clinical guideline

Round up of this week's news and policy updates.

08/02/2013

Weekly news article: Fall in alcohol related death by minimum...

Round up of this week's news and policy updates.

07/02/2013

Thousands of North Easterners back campaign to reduce alcohol...

Over 15,000 North Easterners have backed a campaign calling on Government to set a minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol no less than 50p per unit

01/02/2013

Weekly New Update: Soaring number of career women 'killed by...

Round up of this week's news and policy updates.

29/01/2013

The alcohol industry is putting profit first

As you will be aware in response to the Government’s consultation we have been campaigning for minimum unit price to be set at a realist and effective level – no less than 50p.

29/01/2013

Alcohol-related deaths still a cause for concern for the North...

New figures released today (Tuesday 29th January) have shown that the North East continues to have some of the highest rates for alcohol-related deaths in England.

25/01/2013