Contributors: Sylvia Davidson / Paul Evans Key points The public health grant has been cut by 26% on a real-terms per person basis since 2015/16. Public health services provide preventative services, including smoking cessation, drug and alcohol services, children’s health services, including health visitors and vaccination programmes, and sexual health services Research suggests that investing
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Contributors: John Lister, Paul Evans The most common view is that there are four basic ‘models’ of health care in the developed countries, although in reality many countries have a mix of models. 1. The private insurance model This approach has the least state involvement in direct funding or provision of health services. To get
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