Thousands of struggling families are missing out on a total of £45million a year in food support available through the NHS Healthy Start scheme.
Wait, what?!
The scheme, which involves using a pre-paid card at the till, gives money off certain healthy foods and products to low income families with children and pregnant women. However, research by Which? found take-up is such that many in need are missing out.
Then they aren't in need, are they? Or this is yet another failure of the NHS. Which is it?
Which? urged the Government and supermarkets to step up efforts to promote Healthy Start...
Why? If it's not being taken up with the promoting they are already doing, scrap it instead!
...and to extend the number of those eligible to receive the discounts.
That definition of insanity needs updating. We need to add "...and do it even harder" to "Keep doing what you're doing..."
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