Chamber and committees

The £14.2 million funding for Thalidomiders in Scotland will be index linked over the 10-year period, beginning April 2013.

The Scottish Chronic Pain Steering Group was convened by Scottish Government with the secretariat and support for the Group being provided by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Membership is multidisciplinary and includes voluntary sector and patient representation. Additional advice and expertise is co-opted as required.

The method of selection of representatives to serve on groups may vary depending on the nature, remit, role and term of the group. In many cases no specific qualifications or specialist knowledge is required, beyond an enthusiasm to get involved in making things better.

Regular updates are provided on the work of the group are reported to Scottish Ministers. Updates on the work of the group are also publically available at:

http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/pain.

Data is not available estimating the cost saving to the public sector as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in the value of harm of £64 million in year one with a reduction in the cumulative discounted value of harm of £942 million over ten years. his is allocated differentially over drinker type with a reduction in the value of harm for moderate drinkers of £9.3 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £147 million; for hazardous drinkers, a reduction of £10.1 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £235 million; for harmful drinkers, a reduction of £44.5 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £558 million.

Data is not available estimating the reduction in unemployment as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in 1,300 fewer unemployed per annum, and this comes solely from the harmful drinker type category.

Data is not available estimating the impact on quality-adjusted life years lost by victims of crime as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in the value of crime quality adjusted life years of £2.2 million in year one with a cumulative discounted value of £20 million over ten years. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with a reduction in the value of crime quality adjusted life years for moderate drinkers of £0.6 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £6 million; for hazardous drinkers, a reduction of £0.6 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £6 million; for harmful drinkers, a reduction of £0.9 million in year one and a cumulative discounted value of harm reduction over ten years of £8 million.

Data is not available estimating the savings on the direct cost of crime as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50p minimum unit price will result in a reduction of direct crime costs of £2.9 million in year one and a reduction of £24 million in the cumulative discounted value over ten years. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with a reduction in direct crime costs for moderate drinkers of £0.7 million in year one and a reduction of £6 million in the cumulative discounted value over ten years; a reduction of £0.8 million for hazardous drinkers in year one and a reduction of £6 million in the cumulative discounted value over ten years; a reduction of £1.3 million for harmful drinkers in year one and a reduction of £11 million in the cumulative discounted value over ten years.

Information on recorded crimes in Scotland can be found via the following link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubRecordedCrime.

The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report does not estimate what impact the reduction in sales has had on crime.

The Scottish Government is committed to introducing minimum unit pricing in order to help tackle alcohol misuse in Scotland. A key component of minimum unit pricing is that it targets a reduction in consumption of alcohol which is cheap relative to its strength. This is significant because it is these alcoholic products which are favoured and consumed by hazardous and harmful drinkers. Minimum unit pricing would, therefore, affect hazardous and harmful drinkers more than moderate drinkers, in terms of the amount they drink, how much they spend and how much they benefit from reductions in harm.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in total crimes of 3,500 per annum. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with total crimes for moderate drinkers estimated to reduce by 800 per annum, for hazardous drinkers by 900 per annum, and for harmful drinkers by 1,700 per annum.

Data is not available estimating the impact on health-related quality of life as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy:Second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a saving of health quality adjusted life years of 300 in year one and a cumulative saving of 9,800 in the first ten years of the policy. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with a saving of health quality adjusted life years for moderate drinkers of 100 in year one and a cumulative saving of 2,100 in the first ten years of the policy; a saving for hazardous drinkers of 100 in year one and 3,500 in the first ten years of the policy; and a saving for harmful drinkers of 100 in year one and 4,200 in the first ten years of the policy.

The Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: second Annual Report does not estimate what impact the reduction in sales has had on harm, and sales data cannot be broken down by drinker type (moderate, hazardous or harmful).

The Scottish Government is committed to introducing minimum unit pricing in order to help tackle alcohol misuse in Scotland. A key component of minimum unit pricing is that it targets a reduction in consumption of alcohol which is cheap relative to its strength. This is significant because it is these alcoholic products which are favoured and consumed by hazardous and harmful drinkers. Minimum unit pricing would, therefore, affect hazardous and harmful drinkers more than moderate drinkers, in terms of the amount they drink, how much they spend and how much they benefit from reductions in harm.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in hospital admissions of 1,600 in year one, rising to 6,500 per annum in year ten of the policy. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with hospital admissions for moderate drinkers estimated to reduce by 400 in year one, rising to 700 per annum in year ten of the policy; a reduction of 500 in year one for hazardous drinkers, rising to 2,100 per annum in year ten; and a reduction of 700 in year one for harmful drinkers, rising to 3,600 per annum in year ten.

Data is not available estimating the reduction in absenteeism from work as a result of the reported reduction in consumption in the Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy: Second Annual Report.

The University of Sheffield modelling estimates that a 50 pence minimum unit price will result in a reduction in absence days of 32,300 per annum. This is allocated differentially over drinker type with absence days for moderate drinkers estimated to reduce by 11,000 per annum, for hazardous drinkers by 8,900 per annum, and for harmful drinkers by 12,200 per annum.