whether we can beget booze buses,then why not care clubs for the loney, vulnerable and unwell? The need is sadly all too greatFriday night in a big city casualty department is not a nice status to be. A reported 70% of patients are not really ill, or just blind drunk. What on earth are they doing there?The answer is that every social nuisance nowadays seems to lead either to a police station or A&E. In recent years,12 British cities beget been “experimenting” with so-called alcohol recovery units – sobering-up police rooms, lorries or “booze buses”. These are regarded as successful, and the government now proposes to extend the scheme to towns and cities nationwide.
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Source: guardian.co.uk