Letters
Public health—the frontline cuts begin
Need for increased investment in public health
BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i761 (Published 09 February 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i761
- Michael Craig Watson, associate professor of public health1,
- John Lloyd, vice president2
- 1University of Nottingham, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2HA, UK
- 2Institute of Health Promotion and Education, Welwyn AL6 0UD, UK
- Michael.Watson{at}nottingham.ac.uk
In 2014 we stated that a pressing imperative was to stop the raids on public health budgets and that a rapid review was needed.1 In the same year, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View recognised the enormous burden facing the NHS and emphasised the important roles that public health …
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