One radio report said they'd been placed in GPs surgeries, chemists
and supermarkets. So it creates a bias against the healthy, and
unusually, against men (fewer of whom shop.... ). Women get made
responsible for everyone's health again. (Having said that, I've never
seen one in a supermarket..a leaflet, I mean)
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 08:22:18 +0100 (BST) Alison Macfarlane
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>
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, R. Allan Reese wrote:
>
> > For a government dedicated to equality and access, they seem to have done
> > a piss-poor job of advertising your "chance in a lifetime" to comment on
> > the NHS. I found a leaflet in the second outlet I tried - but only
> > because I was searching. List members may prefer to use the Web inlet:
> > http://www.nhs.uk/nationalplan
> >
> >
>
> Presumable they have mainly advertised it in places people go when they
> are ill, thus creating a bias against healthy people.
>
> I was going to send, via the web site, three wisjes for NHS
> statistics. Others might like to do likewise.
>
> By the way, we are finished with the proofs of the 'Unofficial guide',
> except for the index, which will be finalised this weekend, so we should
> have a publication date soon.
>
> Perhaps we could use a symbolic letter to Milburn asking for better
> statistics as part of the launch publicity.
>
> Alison
>
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