Fewer deaths caused by alcohol – but calls made for investment in services

Office for National Statistics figures show there were 53 deaths in 2022 due to health conditions related to alcohol.

It was down from 68 deaths the year before, and was a fall from 55 in 2019, before the pandemic.

Looking at the number of alcohol-specific deaths from 2020 to 2022, there were 21.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Bolton.

This was above the national rate of 13.8 per 100,000 for England.

Cllr Sean Fielding, who…