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Should unhealthy food be taxed?
A study says an extra 11 million people will be severely overweight by 2030, bringing the total to 26 million, at a cost of an extra ?2 billion a year to the NHS. The doctors suggest a 10% tax on high calorie food and drink should top the list of strategies to curb the obesity epidemic. How can we halt the obesity crisis? Should unhealthy foods be taxed?
comment (12)Should homeopathy be banned on the NHS?
Professor of Complementary Medicine at Exeter University, Edzard Ernst, has said homeopathic remedies have not been proven to work in clinical trials, and that anyone who still maintains the treatments are effective are “ignoring or misrepresenting the best evidence available”. Are you for or against Homeopathy? Do you think it should be a Government or patient decision?
comment (1)Should the NHS replace all PIPs?
The Health Minister, Paul Burstow, has said that the NHS will remove, but not replace, implants for patients who had their surgery privately, despite MPs having called action taken by the government over the PIP breast implants scandal “inadequate.” Do you think the NHS has a duty of care to those who had the surgery privately? What would your solution be?
comment (1)Is ‘postcode pay’ fair?
The widely-forecast move away from national to regional pay for the public sector which angered public sector unions in the run-up to the budget has been fulfilled, as Mr Osborne yesterday ordered officials to start dismantling the decades-old national pay system as part of a wider plan to boost Britain’s competitiveness and ensure that public sector pay is “more responsive” to where workers live. How will the new scheme affect you? How do you feel about the new budget, in general?
comment (1)What do you think about Lansley TV?
Hospital patients are being forced to watch a welcome message from Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on loop in hospitals. And to make matters worse, the only way they can turn him off is registering to pay ?5 a day to use email, phone, and television services. Until then, the “bedside entertainment systems” which have been installed in about half of the NHS hospitals across the country will continue to play the subtitled message every three minutes. Do you think any good will come out of this initiative? Why do you think this has been done now?
comment (10)The Jade Goody Effect
Until 2003, the NHS had been inviting women for testing at age 20. But research into early screening suggested a negative effect and so the age for screening was raised to 25.
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