Shortage of specialist help for alcoholics in Bristol

Name: Shortage of specialist help for alcoholics in Bristol
Uploaded: 2013-10-07T15:05:49.000Z
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Description: There is only one dedicated bed for the whole of Bristol for alcoholics to be given detox treatment.

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There is a chronic shortage of specialist help for alcoholics in Bristol, the BBC has learned.

Only one dedicated bed is available in the city for sufferers to be given detoxification treatment.

Experts claim this means most patients end up hitting the bottle again.

Find out more about Andy's story on Inside Out West.

Bristol

7 October 2013