Dr @mmiraldo, Professor in Health Economics @ImperialBiz, welcomes the Budget announcement and hopes funding can be used to channel essential support to the @NHSuk, the social care sector and prevention funding.
Dr Nick Hopkinson (@COPDdoc) welcomes action to reduce the affordability of smoking but highlights the need for further funding for tobacco control measures to help the government deliver its smoke-free 2030 pledge.
Professor Franco Sassi (@ImperialBiz) congratulates the #AlcoholTaxReform for being explicitly designed as a policy to address the detrimental social and health consequences of alcohol use. Read his full comment: https://t.co/MhkYU3Zzjg
Dr @DrewRPearce (@ImperialPhysics) stresses the need for an environmentally compliant budget to make sustainable activities cheaper, and unsustainable ones less cheap. Read his full comment: https://t.co/uOIPQ3ziHl
Professor @mjsiegert, Co-Director @Grantham_IC, stresses the importance of increasing air passenger duty on long haul fights responsible for high emissions ahead of COP26.
"The Budget continuously undermines the need for specific measures to manage mental health at work and home for the new age and doesn't seem to be ready for the future," says @ImperialBiz's @DrChaturvediS.
Professor @SoniaKSaxena (@ImperialSPH) underlines the importance of supporting the healthy development of children and reducing inequalities across their entire lifespan. Read her full comment: https://t.co/ByZSxBdXCL
Professor Dame Carol Propper @ImperialBiz highlights the need for further investments in IT systems @NHSuk for better efficiency savings. Read her full comment: https://t.co/HNIT64pYIZ
Academics and researchers from across Imperial have provided analysis on the budget, from green investment, to SME support, to healthcare funding, and alcohol tax: https://t.co/LwLPfftSPX
Prof Franco Sassi (@ImperialBiz) finds lack of additional structural funding for the NHS, beyond the commitment of expenditure to face the pandemic emergency, is disappointing given the large underfunding of the system. Read his full comment: https://t.co/xhZkGbSk8A#Budget2021https://t.co/ewVxg8ybNl