Nationals covering health

The news that the Middle classes are drinking themselves into oblivion is a continuation of the nationals seeming obsession with health over the last few days.

On Sunday we had obesity,yesterday it was dentists and today alcholol.

The Times leads the way with a front page splash on the latest health crisis

Drinkers in middle-class areas are more likely routinely to consume “hazardous” amounts of alcohol than those in poorer areas, research published today shows.
Social drinkers who regularly down more than one large glass of wine a day will be told they risk damaging their health in the same way as young binge drinkers.

Followed by the Mail's

Epidemic of middle-class drinkers damaging health with 'hazardous' levels of alcohol.

Whilst the Independent reports

Figures for local authorities in England have shown the percentage of adults drinking at "hazardous" levels - regularly drinking between 22 to 50 units a week for men and 15 to 35 for women - ranges from 14.1 per cent to 26.4 per cent.
The figures show Runnymede, covering Surrey towns such as Chertsey and Virginia Water, topped the league table, alongside Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, at 26.4 per cent of adults drinking at hazardous levels - a rate of more than one in four.

Yesterdays news on lack of dentists is followed up in the Sun which finds its own example

DESPERATE Susannah Houghton ripped out a rotten tooth with her false nails because she could not get to see a dentist.
The mum-of-four resorted to DIY this month after NHS staff told her she was not an emergency.
Susannah, 39, could not eat, sleep or even talk with the pain.
Staff at her local out-of-hours centre in Bury said she was not a priority as she had not been in pain for 48 hours.

The Mirror reports that

Gordon Brown yesterday promised to tackle child obesity, saying: "It's a huge problem and we've got to deal with it."He added: "There are more school playing fields now. There is a wider range of sport in schools."
And he said the Government had reached its target of getting pupils to do two hours of PE every week.
The Prime Minister, speaking at a girls' academy in London, said: "I want to see a young nation growing up that's healthy and fit."

With the continuing problems in the health trusts expect much more coverage over the next few weeks