Equity: What we got was not a lot: Send in a Budget to match the rhetoric? Well, maybe next year

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Equity: What we got was not a lot: Send in a Budget to match the rhetoric? Well, maybe next year

Gabrielle Baker, consultant, health equity

Gabrielle Baker

picking fruit CR Wendy Aros Routman on Unsplash
Prescription fees removal was a perfect Budget move but is unlikely to contribute to health equity [Image: Wendy Aros Routman on Unsplash]

As universal removal of prescription fees hardly strikes a blow for equity, Gabrielle Baker went delving for other Budget features

My tradition each May is to be more or less overwhelmed by information on government websites about the annual Budget. This year’s was a bit differ