TY - JOUR T1 - Cut, cut, cut JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 218 LP - 218 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X483661 VL - 60 IS - 572 AU - Dougal Jeffries Y1 - 2010/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/572/218.1.abstract N2 - When bankers are openly pocketing many millions of pounds in bonuses, and when the wealth of the country remains obscenely concentrated in the hands of a tiny plutocracy, should we contemplate slashing public expenditure aimed at the common good? Unfortunately, egalitarian principles are unlikely to cut much ice with an incoming Tory government, nor yet with an improbable renascent Labour one. So, the answer is ‘Because that's what the Treasury demands’.Here are three suggestions: elderly toenails, the NICE value-for-money threshold, and the crap.By the first, I mean that basic services, podiatry for example, that preserve the daily quality of life of our most vulnerable, should be … ER -