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Title: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Grumpmeister on December 09, 2011, 07:28:54 PM
If binge drinking is costing that much money why not charge people who come in with alcohol related injuries. Set a limit in the same way there is a drink drive limit and anyone who is over has to pay for their treatment.  rubschin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8947210/Alcohol-hospital-admissions-double-in-a-decade.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8947210/Alcohol-hospital-admissions-double-in-a-decade.html)
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Nick on December 09, 2011, 07:33:44 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo

The tax and duty we pay on fags and booze more than covers the NHS costs. YOu are wrong  cussing: cussing:. Next let's charge fatties, gingers, lefties, baldies, drivers. Nooooooo we pay tax!
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on December 09, 2011, 07:37:43 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo

The tax and duty we pay on fags and booze more than covers the NHS costs. YOu are wrong  cussing: cussing:. Next let's charge fatties, gingers, lefties, baldies, drivers. Nooooooo we pay tax!


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Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Darwins Selection on December 09, 2011, 07:43:19 PM
Next let's charge fatties, gingers, lefties, baldies,

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Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Grumpmeister on December 09, 2011, 07:47:37 PM
Yes tax and duty goes towards the NHS but if the projection is accurate then by 2015 £3.8 billion will be going towards treating these drunken morons instead of going towards things like cancer treatment or drugs that NICE say are too expensive for patients no matter what their benefit may be.

I'm not saying the system should be gunning for everyone who has an unhealthy lifestyle but I think binge drinking is a valid target.
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Pirate on December 09, 2011, 07:49:36 PM
No fucking way.........
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Pirate on December 09, 2011, 07:51:41 PM
Had to pay £3.99 for a litre of wine already tonight... cussing:
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Barman on December 09, 2011, 09:41:28 PM
If binge drinking is costing that much money why not charge people who come in with alcohol related injuries. Set a limit in the same way there is a drink drive limit and anyone who is over has to pay for their treatment.  rubschin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8947210/Alcohol-hospital-admissions-double-in-a-decade.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8947210/Alcohol-hospital-admissions-double-in-a-decade.html)

FFS!

Don't you know those figures are bollox????

So, everybody that comes into horsepickle with high blood pressure counts as a %age of an alcohol related admission....

So if some 90 year old bloke that has never drunk a single glass of booze in his life walks into A & E with hypertension it STILL counts towards their figures...
Title: Re: A suggestion for the NHS
Post by: Just One More on December 10, 2011, 05:38:40 AM
A suggestion for the NHS...  Keep a closer eye on the boiler  (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16119106) It must have been a worrying time for all there, but how much has that cost?