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Text Box: "Tuesday 22 December 2003 Media Release CURRENT COLD SNAP WILL LEAD TO OVER 2,500 UNNECESSARY DEATHS, WARN PUBLIC HEALTH DOCTORS Action needed by public and Government to prevent unnecessary toll on the public’s health and the NHS" Why introduce such draconian measures? Why throw out the baby with the bath water?

Isn't THIS what Government SHOULD be doing something about, not trying to fix something that isn't broken?

“A high proportion of preventable illness and deaths in the UK is caused by people living in damp and cold housing. If we see much more of the cold weather of recent days, it is likely that as many as 50,000 people will die unnecessarily over this winter. This is a tragedy in terms of human life and also creates a huge – and preventable – strain on the NHS ."

http://www.fphm.org.uk/publications_press_and_communications/Media_Releases/PDF_files/2003/cold_snap_causes_unnecessary_deaths_dec03.pdf

 

 

If Proposal 1 was implemented there would be no need for the rest of the proposals!

There will be serious side effects to hundreds of thousands of people.    

Getting Easements, drops in property value where these can not be obtained!

 

The whole Consultation is flawed, ambigous, contradictory, confused and full of weasel words and phrases! It is based on a false premise.

 

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