Your Address
Date
Seema Kennedy MP,
Parliamentary Under- Secretary of
State for Public Health,
House of Commons,
London, SW1A OAA.
Dear Seema Kennedy
Re: Public Health Funding- Supporting
the Campaign to increase funding to Enfield
Public Health helps
everyone - babies, toddlers and teenagers, it is very disappointing to see that
once again Enfield does not receive a fair allocation.
How can it be fair and
right that this year:
·
Islington
will get £103 per head of its population
·
Camden
£100
·
and
neighbouring Haringey on Enfield’s doorstep is getting £69
·
this is
almost 50% more than our £47
Additionally, these three
boroughs are part of North Central London STP, which has pledged to reduce
health inequalities for their 1.5 million citizens.
The Over 50s Forum has received
a letter from the policy manager. public health systems and strategy, at the
Department of Health & Social Care, telling them that although they are
giving Kensington and Chelsea residents £130 per head to spend on public
health “we do not consider a
per capita basis to be the best way of determining allocations.”
So if that is the case why
do the Whitehall policymakers take the illogical route of just looking at what
we had last year and then reducing this sum. This has
happened every year and this year Enfield’s funding is down 3.6 per cent or by
£444,000.
This means there will be less to spend this year on sexual health
services, NHS health checks, drug and alcohol abuse, smoking cessation,
tackling obesity and much, much more.
I would
like you to provide a written response to the following questions:
I
look forward to receiving your response.
Kind
regards,
Your Name
Optional to send to your local MP:
Cc Joan Ryan,
MP Enfield North, House of Commons,
Or:
Bambos Charalambous MP Enfield
Or:
Kate Osamor MP Edmonton House of Commons,