#England urged to bring in #MinimumUnitPrice on #alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year
Health leaders tell government to follow #Scotland and #Wales on cost of cheap booze after #Darzi report on death toll
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/05/england-urged-to-bring-in-minimum-unit-price-on-alcohol-as-deaths-rise-10-a-year
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This is - I suspect - a lot closer to what #darzi might prescribe than what would be recommended by a #newlabour relic like #alanmilburn - under whose stewardship the private sector premium reached its peak of 60% to 70% !
On an initial view, the #Darzi review of the #NHS is good. For example, "Nothing that I have found draws into question the principles of a health service that is taxpayer funded, free at the point of use, and based on need not ability to pay".
The recommendations are general and sound but don't tackle the funding shortfall in capital and revenue. However the diagnosis does point in that direction.
Independent investigation of the NHS in England - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-investigation-of-the-nhs-in-england
The problem with most of what #darzi proposes is that it is eminently sensible but profoundly unexciting - and offers little opportunity for #grift . #publichealth and #preventative measures work well but do not attract support from influential people - unlike #digitisation which tis seen as a 'magic bullet' and has been so for at least a quarter of a century ! The temptation will be to throw effort and money into #digitisation and pay lip service at best to the other stuff.
NHS must ‘reform or die’, Sir Keir Starmer says as major report is published | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-prime-minister-government-people-england-b2611262.html
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#10YearNHSPlan
#Digital
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