Good afternoon,
Despite this being a debate, where we are meant to disagree, it seems to me that nearly everyone in the audience if not all, my fellow teammates beside me and the opposition on the other end of the stage can agree our National Health Service is going through a crisis. 85% of physicians believe that current health service funding is not sufficient to meet demand. And a large portion of that agrees that the Public Health Service may no longer be publicly available in a few years’ time.
The Royal College of Physicians has estimated that drink related problems cost the NHS 3 billion pounds per year, Action on Smoking and Health also claim that 13.9 billion pounds is spent on treating smokers, Obesity alone costs the 4.2 billion …show more content…
As the NHS continues to give the more costly treatments to these people, people who have ignored the more economical and in many cases far more effective treatments.
I understand that sometimes being overweight is genetic however the issue is not only exaggerated but is also not a personal decision therefore a charge will not be issued.
My side also supports payment options for example instead of paying a straight up fine, patients can pay it over a long period or instead complete community service.
[Thank you for bringing up the point of smokers paying more into the NHS than they take out, however once again you are wrong, the government receives 12.3 billion pounds from taxing smoking yet they pay out 23 million pounds to those affected by passive smoking, forcing tax payers to make up the 10.7 million extra required
I believe that if we continue on our current course, in a few years’ time we will wake up, no longer with a public health service, so I ask the audience, why should the tax payer pay for the fault of others, and why would we risk of public health service for the sake of this selfish minority.
Thank
Despite this being a debate, where we are meant to disagree, it seems to me that nearly everyone in the audience if not all, my fellow teammates beside me and the opposition on the other end of the stage can agree our National Health Service is going through a crisis. 85% of physicians believe that current health service funding is not sufficient to meet demand. And a large portion of that agrees that the Public Health Service may no longer be publicly available in a few years’ time.
The Royal College of Physicians has estimated that drink related problems cost the NHS 3 billion pounds per year, Action on Smoking and Health also claim that 13.9 billion pounds is spent on treating smokers, Obesity alone costs the 4.2 billion …show more content…
As the NHS continues to give the more costly treatments to these people, people who have ignored the more economical and in many cases far more effective treatments.
I understand that sometimes being overweight is genetic however the issue is not only exaggerated but is also not a personal decision therefore a charge will not be issued.
My side also supports payment options for example instead of paying a straight up fine, patients can pay it over a long period or instead complete community service.
[Thank you for bringing up the point of smokers paying more into the NHS than they take out, however once again you are wrong, the government receives 12.3 billion pounds from taxing smoking yet they pay out 23 million pounds to those affected by passive smoking, forcing tax payers to make up the 10.7 million extra required
I believe that if we continue on our current course, in a few years’ time we will wake up, no longer with a public health service, so I ask the audience, why should the tax payer pay for the fault of others, and why would we risk of public health service for the sake of this selfish minority.
Thank