Cornelia Junghans

Feb 29, 2024 | bjgp.org | Cornelia Junghans |Matthew Harris |Azeem Majeed

Last year, Keir Starmer emphasised the need for timely community-based treatment to address health issues before they become expensive to treat in hospitals. We know that small changes at population level dramatically improve overall health, and that public health spending is four times more cost-effective than NHS spending. Yet the current budget allocation to public health is 2%.