tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post6432726356396609216..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: NHS boss, Simon Stevens is either ignorant or lyingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-45891089505064782692015-02-19T22:23:56.640+00:002015-02-19T22:23:56.640+00:00You will note the phrase is 'alcohol related&#...You will note the phrase is 'alcohol related' not 'alcohol caused' - and that distinction is critical.<br />I strongly suspect that attendees receiving treatment at A&E are asked if they have have consumed alcohol over the day - medically a sensible question as it can affect potential treatments.<br />However I think you will find that anyone answering yes then gets their treatment counted as 'alcohol related', even though the previous alcohol will in most cases be completely and utterly irrelevent to their accident or injury.<br />So you get a stupidly high number that bansturbators can quote to pretend that alcohol is causing vast numbers of accidents. <br />In reality it means no such thing but such linguistic trickery is how modern 'do-gooders' and pressure groups work their evil.<br /><br />Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-73203709749252484662015-02-19T17:22:04.666+00:002015-02-19T17:22:04.666+00:00Both I would think...Both I would think...Vovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823050600809389492noreply@blogger.com