The Press Association reports that Government cuts in social care spending – including on disability and unemployment benefits – can have a huge impact on health. While Coalition ministers believe they are doing the right thing in protecting NHS funds, social welfare spending is just as important, if not more so say the experts. Every £70 cut in social welfare spending per person increases alcohol-related deaths by about 2.8% and deaths from heart disease by 1.2%, according to David Stuckler, from the University of Oxford, and his colleagues. Read the rest of the report here .
The Press Association reports that Government cuts in social care spending – including on disability and unemployment benefits – can have a huge impact on health. While Coalition ministers believe they are doing the right thing in protecting NHS funds, social welfare spending is just as important, if not more so say the experts. Every £70 cut in social welfare spending per person increases alcohol-related deaths by about 2.8% and deaths from heart disease by 1.2%, according to David Stuckler, from the University of Oxford, and his colleagues. Read the rest of the report here .