Gordon Browns refusal to ban cheap booze is biggest health failing, claims chief doctor

By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 900PM GMT thirteen March 2010

Sir Liam Donaldson Photo MARTIN POPE

Sir Liam Donaldson, who is about to retire as Whitehalls infancy comparison doctor, pronounced the Governments rejecting last year of his offer for smallest prices constituted his biggest beating in the role.

He spoke out in an talk forward of his last annual report, to be published on March 15, in that he will contend that grandparents are mostly the majority appropriate people to teach full of health day to day in to a younger generation, giving letter of reference to their grandchildren on diet, practice and the dangers of smoking and drugs.

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Last year Sir Liam, 60, pronounced that supermarkets and shops should not be authorised to sell ethanol for less than 50 pence per unit. His letter of reference would have doubled the cost of majority beers and placed a smallest cost of �4.50 on a bottle of wine.

Gordon Brown deserted the offer instantly, observant the "sensible majority" of assuage drinkers should not be punished for the excesses of binge drinkers. The Conservatives additionally ruled out the idea.

Sir Liams offer had the subsidy of majority comparison doctors, together with the British Medical Association.

In Jan the Commons health name cabinet criticised Mr Browns decision, observant "It is time the Government listened some-more to the Chief Medical Officer and the President of the Royal College of Physicians and less to the drinks and sell industry."

The healing confidant pronounced the rejecting of his offer had been his biggest beating during his twelve years in post, all with Labour in power.

The infancy of his infancy poignant recommendations together with a anathema on smoking in workplaces, permitting rudimentary branch cell research, and changes to the approach doctors are regulated - have been introduced, though a small endangered vital battles.

Asked about recommendations where movement had not been taken, and that of those he was infancy endangered about, Sir Liam pronounced "On the open health front I think it would have to be smallest ethanol pricing, though I still goal it will come in at a small point."

He pronounced he had small goal of possibly of the main parties becoming different their views on the make a difference in the short-term, adding "I think we have to wait for until after the choosing theres a lot of movement construction in the open health community."

The Scottish Government is right away posterior such changes by an Alcohol Bill, though antithesis parties are approaching to opinion opposite it, and in Greater Manchester, internal authorities have drawn up plans to pass laws banning the sale of poor ethanol from subsequent year.

Sir Liam pronounced his alternative vital beating was the length of time it has taken to remodel the complement of healing litigation.

In 2001 he demanded changes to the system, to revoke the billions outlayed on lawyers, but reforms have nonetheless to be introduced.

In fact, since 2001, the inhabitant check has doubled to over �8 billion, among a expansion in "no win, no price cases" taken on by lawyers, who mostly embrace a larger payout than the plant they represent.

In the past five years there have been 5,500 cases where victims of NHS loosening perceived less than their lawyers.

In one case, lawyers perceived a remuneration of some-more than �100,000 to paint a studious who perceived less than �2,000 in compensation.

Sir Liam pronounced "The inform I done on lawsuit hasnt nonetheless been implemented, even though it was accepted."

In May Sir Liam will step down and take on a part-time purpose as authority of the National Patient Safety Agency.

In his annual inform the grandfather of five will contend that with augmenting numbers of aged people on condition that a estimable purpose caring for children, grandparents should be since some-more report about how to see after childrens health.

Studies show 40 per cent of grandparents right away yield a small childcare when relatives are working, and 70 per cent see after young kids at alternative times.

Sir Liam will ask the Government to yield a "toolkit" on ask for each grandparent, environment out simple letter of reference about diet, exercise, and the risks of drug and smoking.

He pronounced "Children, and in sold teenagers, mostly get rebel and they have an criminal attribute with their parents. Grandparents have mostly got a some-more neutral role, and it equates to they can have a small of those some-more formidable conversations."

Sir Liam pronounced "A grandfather competence be means to contend to a 14-year old grandson Why do you think smoking is cool? Wouldnt it be improved not to have something similar to nicotine determining you?

"I would contend that a teen is an horrible lot some-more expected to attend to his grandad than to his parents."