The Guardian view on scrapping Public Health England: not just wrong, but highly risky | Editorial

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Editorial: The government’s desire to pass the buck could put more lives in danger

The decision to scrap Public Health England in the middle of a pandemic that has claimed 65,000 British lives is cynical and wrong. Few will be persuaded by the attempts of the health secretary, Matt Hancock, to portray it as turning a crisis into an opportunity.

 

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But now they have a political appointment leading all the things that came under PHE and can wholesale replace anyone they didnt think was loyal enough.

The buck stops with matthancock if anyone is to take the long walk off a short plank it should be him PHE_uk were praised for their work during the Ebola crisis abroad. Individuals are responsible for failings, not many hundreds of jobs

Corrupt,is the word your looking for. ?

abcpoppins Risky for the population, but a good distraction for the Tory party.

We've had 10 years of Tory incompetence and kleptocratic cockwomblery, crisis after crisis, economic manslaughter, the vilification of the disabled, Austerity, NHS crisis, the homeless crisis, we are in the middle of a pandemic and have another financial crisis on the way. PTSD.

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