ros
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From:
Cambridge
Registered:
06-Nov-2006
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You have got to be kidding!
Posted:
04-Dec-2006 17:28
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Right this is not a joke but I wish it was. I read in the paper this morning that there are plans for Doctors and local health centres to survey their patients and then those with a 'sedentary lifestyle' will be given free dance leassons or other activities! There will be no extra money allocated for these classes, they will be funded by the already over stretched NHS trust budgets. I really think that whoever's idea this is must be totally mad, and for once I agree with Ann Widicombe who calls this scheme 'ludicrous'. The idea that people are being given free dance lessons whilst people suffering from Cancer or Alzheimers or even PWCF are being denied life saving drugs because of the cost is quite frankly disgusting.
If people need to take excercise they are free to do so, and should be encouraged to. They could simply go for a brisk walk everyday which is free and would not cost anyone anything, or they could be refered to a dietician and physio to recomend changes to their diet and lifestyle that would be better for their health. But the idea that the NHS is responsible for keeping people fit and paying for them to have the privlege, is ludicrous.
I really can't believe that we have got to this point...
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