英伦广角 2015-01-03 为减轻英国医疗负担 NHS呼吁严打醉鬼

 It's the same story every weekend, A&E department stretch beyond breaking point, staff abused verbally and physically¹, now one of the country's leading doctors is calling on police to take a zero tolerance² approach on drunks to stop valuable resources being diverted from more deserving patients.There has been a substantially increase in the number of patients and people attending A&E departments, emergency departments who are severely³ drunk, and indeed many of them are simply the colleagues and friends and the hangers⁴ on of the actual patients, and yet they all hang around in the cubicles⁵ and in our waiting rooms distracting our staff.

The drinking industry know the importance of responsible drinking, bar staff are better trained than ever before.

What we are looking for is how they talk, how they interact with other customers, how they are able to stand and be by themselves.

But the cumulative⁶ effect of a long night out too often ends in the waiting rooms of our hospitals, alcohol fueled harm costs the economy around 21 billion pounds a year, the government said they are determined⁷ to do more, arrest for drunken behaviour are generally down, at the same time there are more and more NHS staff are complaining about receiving abuse, but the police federation⁸ said that putting more people before the court is not necessarily the answer because it will further stretch already limited police resources.

Official figure show the number of arrests are significantly down, but not all medics agree that criminalizing people is the answer.

Are we going to say that you get penalized⁹ or prosecuted¹⁰ if you are going drunk, are we then going to say that you get penalized or prosecuted if you end up with alcohol related disease, and if somebody trips up on the street, how do we know if it's actually as a result of alcohol.

NHS workers say education campaign has failed to stem the tide of drunk patients, and their responsible actions are taking away resources from those who genuinely need them.

1 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

2 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

3 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

4 hangers   

n.衣架( hanger的名词复数 )；挂耳

参考例句：

• The singer was surrounded by the usual crowd of lackeys and hangers on. 那个歌手让那帮总是溜须拍马、前呼後拥的人给围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want to put some of my good hangers in Grandpa's closet. 我想在爷爷的衣橱放几个好的衣架。 来自辞典例句

5 cubicles   

n.小卧室，斗室( cubicle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Security guards, operating inside bullet-proof glass cubicles, and speaking through microphones, scrutinized every arrival and departure. 警卫们在装有防弹玻璃的小室里值勤，通过麦克风细致盘问每一个进出的人。 来自辞典例句
• I guess they thought me content to stay in cubicles. 我猜他们认为我愿意呆在小房间里。 来自互联网

6 cumulative   

adj.累积的，渐增的

参考例句：

• This drug has a cumulative effect.这种药有渐增的效力。
• The benefits from eating fish are cumulative.吃鱼的好处要长期才能显现。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

9 penalized   

对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 )； 使处于不利地位

参考例句：

• You will be penalized for poor spelling. 你拼写不好将会受到处罚。
• Team members will be penalized for lateness. 队员迟到要受处罚。

10 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。