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Targets set for GPs to ask patients about their drinking

More than 26,000 people in Scotland have been asked by medical staff to consider changing their drinking habits as part of a new target for health boards.

Doctors and nurses working in GP practices, accident and emergency units and ante­natal clinics are being asked to talk to patients about reducing the amount of alcohol they consume in a bid to reduce the risks to their health.