Some Progress But Government Has Missed Opportunities In Queen’s Speech, British Medical Asociation
Measures to tackle smoking-related illness outlined in today’s (Wednesday 3 December, 2008) Queen’s Speech are positive but lack detail, the BMA says. It also expresses concerns that proposals for an NHS constitution, while welcome in principle, could be used to reinforce the increasing commercialisation of healthcare in England, and will not protect the NHS from being used as a political football.
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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on December 4th, 2008