Wee bit surprised that a random Irish site has managed to get this published before Scottish news!
Must be waiting on quotes from the usual suspects….
While alcohol related deaths in Scotland hit a 14 year high.
Taking drugs is more popular than it was in the past so less drinking deaths and more drug deaths.
Because it’s too fucking expensive.
Down 11% In 22-23 compared to 21-22.
It’d be interesting to try and disentangle how much of that was down to COVID impact on “non essential” services..
I’d be very wary of using that data to say “look how well we’re doing”, just as I’d be wary of anyone using COVID years data as a stick to beat measures with: they’re a huge societal outlier
There’s no space in hospitals. The SNP have cut 100s of beds.
Think of any illness and there will be less people in hospital with it now.
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Sounds positive.
Wee bit surprised that a random Irish site has managed to get this published before Scottish news!
Must be waiting on quotes from the usual suspects….
While alcohol related deaths in Scotland hit a 14 year high.
Taking drugs is more popular than it was in the past so less drinking deaths and more drug deaths.
Because it’s too fucking expensive.
Down 11% In 22-23 compared to 21-22.
It’d be interesting to try and disentangle how much of that was down to COVID impact on “non essential” services..
I’d be very wary of using that data to say “look how well we’re doing”, just as I’d be wary of anyone using COVID years data as a stick to beat measures with: they’re a huge societal outlier
There’s no space in hospitals. The SNP have cut 100s of beds.
Think of any illness and there will be less people in hospital with it now.