Remember ‘Stay at home to protect the NHS?’ During the most terrifying time in our lives, we were told not to take risks in order to protect the National Health Service, the very service set up over 75 years ago to protect us. It was a bit like asking burglars to stay at home to protect the police. Sir Keir Starmer is now planning to ban smoking in open spaces to help relieve the pressure on the NHS. On the back of inflation-busting pay rises for NHS workers, with no requirement to increase productivity or improve the service to patients, we are now told the reason to ban smoking outside is to…
