SWINDON has the lowest rate in the country of people being admitted to hospital as an emergency for alcohol-related liver disease, it has emerged.

Health officials have mapped out the emergency admissions rate for places in England, with the North West and the North East pinpointed to be the places with the highest hospital admissions.

The data was released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

Swindon and Wiltshire were joined by Bath and Gloucestershire with the lowest emergency admission rates for the condition, which refers to liver damage caused by alcohol misuse.

Death rates linked to alcohol-related liver disease have risen “considerably” over the last few decades, according to the NHS.

The place with the highest rate of admissions was Greater Manchester where 45.8 people out of every 100,000 living in the region were admitted as an emergency.

Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire saw 14.7 out of every 100,000 people admitted.