The more we package up interventions separately, the more we remove choice (and by extension people’s sense of being trusted and respected) and tie people up in compartmentalised paperwork, and trips here and there to obtain benefits. But it’s great for headline grabbing.https://twitter.com/lnmackenzie1/status/1171374174318862337 …
The reality is its impractical & unnecessary. Toilet roll is a convenience & can be dispensed in a way that people cant take a weeks supply. Tampons cant. Free dispensers likely to be emptied, vandalised, mucked around with. And what's the point? Carrying sanpro is not a big deal
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I think it’s worth trying. May work better in some places than others. Machines with time delay between dispensing would be a barrier to taking a month’s supply - not that I seriously expect a rash of those to appear. It’s one less thing for women to have to think about.
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Spent so much of my life fishing a bashed up just in case package from bottom of a bag, or realising I didn’t have one when needed. Think of it as a benefit targeted on the absent-minded...
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