Results 1-2 of 2 for smoking speaker:Jeremy Hunt
- Opposition Day — [1(st) Allotted Day]: Public Health (5 Dec 2006)
Jeremy Hunt: ...deficits. We heard a raft of statistics showing why the Government's policy is failing. Alcohol-related deaths are up; tuberculosis infections are up; syphilis up; chlamydia up; obesity rising; and smoking declining, but inequalities persist among smokers. The failure to understand the difference between morbidity and mortality is critical because, in the end, the incidence of poor public...
- Tackling Health Inequalities (16 Feb 2006)
Jeremy Hunt: ...an NHS manager can look at it and know what he or she should do next, but it is impossible to look at that target and know what should be done to achieve it. NHS mangers have similar targets for smoking, cancer, teenage pregnancy, obesity, infant mortality and mortality. These targets are failing, and that has been a fundamental element of this afternoon's debate. We all want to eliminate...
