by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Labour have angered teaching unions by announcing plans to introduce tests for pupils aged between five and 11 if it wins the next election. The National Union of Teachers has voted to boycott such tests, but Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has said: “It’s...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Uncategorized
Labour leader Ed Miliband has announced that a Labour Government would look to reintroduce the entitlement for patients to receive an appointment at a GP surgery within 48 hours of seeking one, and 24 hours if the patient is in “serious need”. Miliband...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Uncategorized
Freedom of information requests from The Daily Telegraph have found that nine NHS England board members spent £195,82 on travel, meals and hotels in 2013-14. Simon Stevens, who took up the NHS England Chief Executive last month, ordered an immediate ban on first...
by Sam | 12 May 2014 | Uncategorized
MPs are now at risk of facing the same long holiday accusation regularly (and wrongly) levelled at teachers. Less than a month after the Houses of Parliament sat in recess over Easter, MPs will again vacate Westminster at the end of the week, not to return until the...
by Sam | 12 May 2014 | Creative Industries, media and technology
NHS England has chosen to replace the Choose and Book electronic booking system from 2016, replacing it with a new system under different technology, the Guardian reports. Choose and Book has cost £356 million since 2004 and will be abandoned because of a drop in its...
