HEALTH

Lord Darzi in public health call

The Government must invest in public health to ease pressure on a health service ‘in critical condition’, according to a damning review of the NHS.

By Dan Peters, Ellie Ames | 12 September 2024
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The Government must invest in public health to ease pressure on a health service ‘in critical condition', according to a damning review of the NHS.

Lord Darzi's independent investigation of the NHS in England said it was ‘perverse' that the public health grant to local authorities had been cut by more than a quarter since 2015.

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