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NHS turning into 'national hangover service', health chief warns |
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Maybe we should start charging people who use the service in that way.
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Lets not do anything at all then?
As a percentage of the NHS budget it is a tiny problem. Especially considering the amount of tax raised by alcohol sales. |
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If you are inebriated to the point where the police or an ambulance have had to pick you up then those are the ones we are talking about.
It about freeing up the A&E departments so if you find yourself in one then you're obviously drunk enough to be there. Do alcoholics get treatment if they are treated in A&E at the moment? Or are they shipped back out into the public once sober enough? I don't actually know this hence the question, so I would say whatever they do at the moment can be applied to the drunk tanks. |
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Alcoholics are treated yes. There are detox programs and rehabilitation programs. How would you distinguish alcoholics from 'normal' people? Or does everyone have to pay?
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