Scottish Government needs to treat drug death scandal as a REAL emergency, not a political headache
dailyrecord.co.ukRecord’s stories portrayed the brutal reality of the situation.It was a hollow victory.That cash only replaced funding that was slashed from previous budgets, just as the numbers were hitting the top of the EU death charts.Pretend new money for a pretend national emergency.And then along came coronavirus.Since the pandemic - a real emergency - took hold, Scotland has spent more than £8 BILLION to fund responses to keep this very real catastrophe at bay after the UK Treasury stepped out of austerity to magic up cash that was previously not available.To date, 4,111 deaths have been associated with the pandemic.
We will never know how many people would have passed away from other ailments.A very quick analysis puts the spend per life so far at.
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