... another crackpot idea...

...  writes someone called Ray Davies of Bedwas in the borough of Caerphilly.

The idea disparaged by the writer in the Western Mail today can be read here in fair detail, the letter in question can be read here, it is the penultimate letter to the editor.

So what's it all about ...

The drinks company Diageo is to pay for 10,000 midwives in England and Wales to be trained to offer advice on the dangers of alcohol during pregnancy.

And the primary objection ...

The British Medical Association has expressed concern about the drinks industry funding such a scheme.

And who is going to train the midwives ...

The training programme will be run by the National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK (Nofas-UK).  Susan Fleisher, from the charity, said the scheme would have have huge benefits.

Vivienne Nathanson from BMA said there were concerns over the scheme.

"I think the issue for us would be if money is given by the industry, it must be given to an honest broker, a third party."

I wonder why Vivienne doesn't think the National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK is an honest broker, does she and the BMA have evidence I wonder, or is it sour grapes the money wasn't given to them to disburse as it saw fit.  If you search the BMA website for "Foetal Alcohol Syndrome" you get .... nothing, only "Sorry no results were found for your search."

Which brings me back to Ray Davies the letter writer of Bedwas .......... thank goodness he is not in politics, or is he ...............