Don't lose sight: last drinks laws reduce violent assaults

The evidence that reducing trading hours reduces alcohol‐related violence is compelling‐related violence has a large impact on the Australian health care system and on society. Emergency departments (EDs) and acute surgical services are the frontline in dealing with these presentations. A prospective study of eight EDs in Australia and New Zealand found that almost one in ten presentations are alcohol‐related throughout the week.1 Further, ED clinicians frequently experience violence and aggression inflicted by patients affected by alcoho