I shouldn't be over-impressed by pleas of dire poverty from people who can afford to drink themselves legless every night with drink prices what they are

Doens't that depend on what the A&E costs, though? A quick search of the cost of fixing a broken arm came up with this:

It would depend on the bone and how bad it is broken. If it is a clean break and simply set, the cost would be minimal but, if it is a mulitple-break or a break that requires hardware (screws and pins) to set, then it will cost alot. At the very least, you will pay for the ER visist. You will have to pay for X-Rays. You will have to pay the Radiologists and probably an Ortho guy to set the bone. I would expect minimally pay $750-$1000.

XE Converter says that $1000 US is 652.80 pounds sterling.   Tesco online has one bottle of vodka at 9.82. I make that roughly 'minimally' 66 bottles of vodka per broken arm.   That's a heck of a lot of drunkedness!