Sentences with phrase «public health budgets»

Quinn said the law, which would make New York the first major city in the country to set a smoking age above age 19, would help prevent youth from becoming lifelong smokers who weigh heavily on public health budgets when they fall ill from smoking - related diseases as adults.

In his speech yesterday, in which he announced plans for a new ring - fenced public health budget and a new «health premium» targeting poorer areas, he outlined general principles about his approach.

«We will give local communities greater control over public health budgets with payment by the outcomes they achieve in improving the health of local residents.

«Government's proposed slashing of the public health budget by # 200m places a major barrier in front of efforts to improve breastfeeding rates.

«It is why we will be ringfencing the public health budget for the first time from 2013, to ensure that money for programmes like cancer awareness are protected,» a spokesperson said.

Public health budgets would be devolved to local health commissioners and local authorities, and a universal health visitor programme would aim to improve the health of young families.

The UK's public health budget will be ring fenced and devolved to local authority.