public health cuts undermine extra nhs funding, say medical groups /

Letter to George Osborne signed by organisations including NHS Confederation and LGA says planned cuts are a groundless economyLeading medical,care and local authority organisations have warned George Osborne that cuts of 6.2% to public health services in England will cripple vital services such as mental health daycare centres, smoking cessation clinics and contraception services.
They say the cuts, and demanded by the chancellor in June and to take effect before next April,will wipe out much of the benefit of promised additional NHS funding.
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Source: theguardian.com