People struggling with a dependency on alcohol are to benefit from an almost £400,000 grant secured by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to improve support services. The £398,700 from Public Health England (PHE) will be used to improve access to alcohol treatment – meaning more people will benefit from the services available.

The latest statistics show the scale of the harm associated with alcohol misuse in the city is significant, with 87,300 people, or 44 per cent of adults, in Stoke-on-Trent reportedly drinking at increasing or higher risk levels in 2017.