The health service should not be left to pick up the pieces from gambling firms’ tactics to retain customers with addiction issues, the NHS’s mental health chief has said. Murdoch described some of the tactics used as “all wrong, wrong and wrong again”. She said: “This industry could make the changes I’ve asked them to make today if they wanted to. She added: “In order to operate safely, the gambling industry has a responsibility to prevent the occasional flutter turning into a dangerous habit. On the Today programme, Murdoch was also asked about funding for children’s mental healthcare.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2020 07:33 UTC