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Post by Jim on Dec 14, 2019 10:02:53 GMT
naughtyfox @confused.com. Bless. I'll explain, I was referring to "united we stand divided we fall". Well, as far as 'standing', the UK stands to recoup 39 billion a week if it leaves the EU. IF? Do keep up at the back! |
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Post by naughtyfox on Dec 14, 2019 10:04:56 GMT
Well, it hasn't yet.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 10:19:56 GMT
Alcohol minimum pricing is simple, it can't be sold at less than 50p per unit. The only involvement the Scottish government might have would be to police any transgressions from this. It doesn't raise any revenue for the Scottish government. This law impinges on our freedoms. Not here it ain't. |
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Post by thebfg on Dec 14, 2019 13:07:43 GMT
I'm not sure of the prescription thing being an issue. I think in England it generates about £450 million so not sure what their income was. However we do not charge for 90% of prescriptions either. Am I right in that they have started generating income for NHS Scotland to pay for alcohol misuse with the income from minimum unit pricing of 50p per unit. Alcohol minimum pricing is simple, it can't be sold at less than 50p per unit. The only involvement the Scottish government might have would be to police any transgressions from this. It doesn't raise any revenue for the Scottish government. I understand how it works, we have a similar things. However I thought they might have been taking a chunk. So the aim is to reduce alcohol misuse and save the NHS from having to treat it rather than raise cash. I suppose ultimately that is the same by allowing that budget to be spent elsewhere instead of on drunks |
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Post by Gone on Dec 14, 2019 13:13:27 GMT
Alcohol minimum pricing is simple, it can't be sold at less than 50p per unit. The only involvement the Scottish government might have would be to police any transgressions from this. It doesn't raise any revenue for the Scottish government. I understand how it works, we have a similar things. However I thought they might have been taking a chunk. So the aim is to reduce alcohol misuse and save the NHS from having to treat it rather than raise cash. I suppose ultimately that is the same by allowing that budget to be spent elsewhere instead of on drunks If you just want to save the government money, then make alcohol very cheap (and cigarettes and fast food) as short term the nhs takes a bit of a hit, but longer term they save lots - people dying young don’t need pensions and long term care......... So min pricing is more about ‘helping’ people rather than saving money. |
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Post by thebfg on Dec 14, 2019 15:36:57 GMT
I understand how it works, we have a similar things. However I thought they might have been taking a chunk. So the aim is to reduce alcohol misuse and save the NHS from having to treat it rather than raise cash. I suppose ultimately that is the same by allowing that budget to be spent elsewhere instead of on drunks If you just want to save the government money, then make alcohol very cheap (and cigarettes and fast food) as short term the nhs takes a bit of a hit, but longer term they save lots - people dying young don’t need pensions and long term care......... So min pricing is more about ‘helping’ people rather than saving money. It will save money as well as help people. They reckon alcohol misuse costs £900 per adult in Scotland. If they can reduce that cost. They did hope to reduce deaths by 120 and reduce hospital admissions by 2000, which would have an effect of saving money and allowing it to be spent on better uses. Like company cars I suspect |
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