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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Judith Duffy

Death toll of UK Government austerity is ‘horrific’, health expert warns

Death toll of UK Government austerity is ‘horrific’, health expert warns

THE scale of the deaths caused by UK Government austerity is “horrific”, a leading health expert has warned.

David Walsh, public health programme manager at Glasgow Centre for Population Health, said health inequalities were causing around half a million deaths across the UK every couple of years – the same "terrifying" figure which had prompted politicians into taking action over Covid.

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