Did anyone listen to the world at one yesterday on radio 4? They had a great piece about how the poorest women’s life expectancies are in decline, and they think the reason (the experts they interviewed were certain) that the public service cuts and benefits cuts fall disproportionately on women (we knew this already). This is strong evidence that this is actually killing women. They also had a doctor describing how the cuts in her area had affected her patients in the post natal period (lack of breastfeeding support, no sure start centres) and how all these things lead to higher costs in the long run for the nhs/local councils. Well done WATO for highlighting this issue as I’ve not seen it reported much in the other MSM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51619608
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