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*** Reply to note of 08/05/97 15:31
Dennis Raphael wrote:
"In the UK a minister of public health has been appointed.
 Her job is to address inequalities in health."

When I have been involved in strategic planning in health ministries, or
producing vision statements etc, it has always seemed to me that the only
member of cabinet responsible for the things which determine health
is the premier. Only the premier has influence over the necessary range
of items - finance, social services, culture, municipal affairs etc.  To
dump the job elsewhere may be little more than relieving from accountability
the only one with the authority to acheive anything!

Howard Platt, M.B.,Ch.B.,
These are my own opinions and may not be those of my employer.