The government’s plans for Public Health are taking shape. We have known since the publication of the Conservative’s Green Paper on Health ( 'A Healthier Nation') in January of this year, that if elected, the Conservatives planned to replace the Department of Health with the Department of Public Health.
Further details of the coalition government's Public Health plans are now beginning to emerge. The Health Secretary spoke last week at the Faculty of Public Health’s annual conference, about his vision for Public Health.
Andrew Lansley spoke about putting in place a new ‘framework which empowers people to make the changes that will really make a difference to the nation’s lives.’
Amongst other measures, he spoke about making more use of the voluntary sector locally. This obviously has the potential to impact positively on the sector, but how this might work is not yet clear.
Mr. Lansley has also stated that he wants to establish a new responsibility deal between Government and business ‘built on shared social responsibility and not state regulation’. This measure must be approached with caution. We know that state regulation can play an important part in improving Public Health. The smoking ban is a good example of this.
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