Hospitals across Liverpool are "full to the brim"
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00:00Hospitals across Liverpool are full to the brim, as the city faces a soaring increase of alcohol-related admissions in the last 12 months.
00:08As with large swathes of the country, the NHS in our region is under increasing pressure with converging factors making it difficult to get people out of hospital.
00:17With existing issues including homelessness, mental health and a lack of social care beds already posing a major challenge for officials,
00:25new data provided by Liverpool Council has revealed how almost 5,000 people were admitted to the city's hospitals in the last 12 months, more than 80% over the national average.
00:35Key performance indicators into how the local authority is handling issues around adult social care and health have shown how in Liverpool,
00:43alcohol-specific admissions to hospitals are significantly above the England average and have increased over the year.
00:50There were 4,890 admissions in the most recent 12-month period, compared to 4,534 at the same time last year, an increase of 8%.