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Health and Care Bill

I would say that really no one who has a health problem should be stigmatised. Having dealt over 33 years in the NHS with many people who were problem drinkers, I know that the public image of someone who abuses alcohol is quite a caricature. There will be many people across this House who drink more than is healthy for them and I have met many people as patients from the middle and upper classes who had serious alcohol problems, so we should get

away from the stigma and the caricature. We will not spot everyone who needs to deal with alcohol just by looking at them.

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Reference

704 c69 

Session

2021-22

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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