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Five Liverpool hospitals are cracking down on alcohol with a strict new ban—patients, visitors, and staff must surrender booze or face security intervention. Driven by rising alcohol-related hospital admissions and deaths, especially in poorer areas, the move aims to protect recovery by preventing alcohol from interfering with treatment. Hospitals aren’t rejecting those with addiction—they’re offering medical support and withdrawal care. Partnering with the city council and local shops under “Hospital Watch,” the initiative includes public education and shop compliance training, proven effective after a 2017 pilot where actors successfully bought alcohol—until education turned the tide.

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