Health Gov Policies

Question 1

What are the 4 paras

Answer 1

Smoking - smoking ban
Alcohol - MUP
Obesity- sugar tax
Obesity- free school meals

Question 2

When was the smoking ban introduced

Answer 2

2006

Question 3

Evidence for effective smoking ban

Answer 3

17% fall in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the first year

Question 4

However and example for smoking ban

Answer 4

Gov tax tobacco and make over £2bn per year in tax

Question 5

Furthermore for smoking ban not working

Answer 5

NHS waiting times

Question 6

Evidence for bad NHS waiting times

Answer 6

24 week wait for respiratory medicine

Question 7

When was MUP brought in

Answer 7

May 2018

Question 8

What is the MUP

Answer 8

50p

Question 9

How much of Scotland binge drink

Answer 9

36%

Question 10

Evidence for binge drinking to cause an increase in health problems

Answer 10

10% reduction of alcohol deaths in the first full year

Question 11

However for MUP

Answer 11

alcoholics don’t care

Question 12

Evidence for failure of MUP

Answer 12

The British medical journal found that the alcohol price failed to deter heavy drinkers

Question 13

When was the sugar tax introduced

Answer 13

2017

Question 14

Example of sugar tax working

Answer 14

Over 50% of manufacturers have reduced sugar tax in drinks

Question 15

However for sugar tax x2

Answer 15

People are still buying the same volume of fizzy drinks

Tax is only on drinks not food

Question 16

Why are free scholl meals good - evidence

Answer 16

Stress relief for many families as cost is £685 per year per child

Question 17

However for free school meals

Answer 17

When you reach over p5 food livery doesn’t just go away

Question 18

Evidence for free school meals not being good enough

Answer 18

1.4 million children are at risk of going hungry