Alcohol was the cause of more than 6000 hospital admissions in the last year in Glasgow city.

the latest statistics show that more than 4000 people were admitted for drink related illnesses in the last year.

Across Scotland there were more than 35,000 admissions for alcohol related conditions.

The difference between the most and least deprived areas was massive,

In the 10% of least deprived areas there were 832 patients admitted but in the most deprived 10% it was 5504 patients.

The Scottish Government said it was a decrease and welcomed the figures.

However there were still 11,000 new admissions in the last year, and almost 1800 were in Glasgow.

The Glasgow rate has remained steady since 1999/2000 when 6540 admissions compared to 6698 last year.

In Scotland however there was a decrease over ten years.

Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick said:“We are seeing a continuing and welcome decrease in alcohol-related admissions to hospitals, with admissions down by a fifth over the past decade. “However, hospital stays remain higher than they were. Our world-leading minimum unit pricing policy aims to reduce alcohol-related harms even further.

“However, it will be around two years at least before we can robustly analyse its impact. I want us to go further, and today we are launching our new Alcohol Framework with a wide range of measures aimed at tackling alcohol-related harm.”

Labour said a nationwide campaign was needed to prevent harm.

Monica Lennon, health spokeswoman, has spoken of her own family’s experience of the damage alcohol abuse does.

She welcomed the reduction but said more action is needed in the most deprived communities.

Ms Lennon said: “Scotland’s troubled relationship with alcohol is ruining the health and happiness of too many people and we need radical action to change our culture.

“After speaking out about my own family experience, I called on the Scottish Government to launch a national information campaign on alcohol to increase public awareness of the risks and I welcome the commitment towards this.

“Communities need to have the right services to support people affected by alcohol harm and there is more the Scottish Government needs to do, especially in tackling poverty and deprivation and also to help the most vulnerable people who are experiencing the worst health outcomes.”