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Sir Keir Starmer speech to The Fabian Society; ENGLAND: London: Petty France Street: INT Sir Keir Starmer MP (Labour Party Leader) speech SOT - Let me give you a flavour of the change I have in mind. It has been said many times that the NHS is a national sickness service rather than a truly National Health Service. I see health as about more than hospitals and surgeries, as important as they are. It is about the towns and cities where we grow up, the food we eat, our access to green spaces. Health is about the air we breathe. It is estimated that, every year in the UK, air pollution kills tens of thousands of people. We would introduce a new Clean Air Act to tackle this silent killer. Poor health affects our earnings, our relationships, and our sense of purpose. And its effects are measured in lower productivity and higher crime, in family breakdown, and increased loneliness and depression. Labour would make wellbeing matter as much as national economic output. My preferred definition of well-being has been given by Angus Deaton, the winner of the Nobel prize: ���all the things that are good for a person, that make for a good life���. This is about treating people with basic respect. So we would expect the Treasury under a Labour government to weigh every pound it spends not just for its effect on national income but also for its effect on national wellbeing. A good example of a policy for wellbeing is supporting our mental health. A Labour government would treat mental health as seriously as physical health. We would guarantee mental health treatment in less than a month. We���ll recruit over 8,500 more mental health professionals to support a million more people every year. Every school will have specialist support. Every community will have an open access mental health hub for young people. Under Labour, spending on mental health will never be allowed to fall. Stress, depression and anxiety account for 18 million workdays lost every year....