by Sam | 29 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
The Public Accounts Committee has warned that inaccuracies in data on waiting times might result in patients’ trust in the NHS being “inevitably undermined”. MPs have called for independent reviews of hospital trusts’ statistics as many...
by Sam | 28 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
Labour Shadow Secretary Andy Burnham has warned that the NHS could be “carved open” for US companies to exploit for profit. Andy Burnham said the NHS must be exempt from the EU-US trade treaty currently being negotiated as it threatens the “fabric” of a universally...
by Sam | 28 Apr 2014 | Children and Families
The Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has accused the Government of “damaging children’s health” by allowing academies and free schools to opt out of nutritional standards for pupils’ lunches. Professor Terence Stephenson said the...
by Sam | 28 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
Chairman Chris Whitehouse discusses the new Cowes Enterprise College on the Isle of Wight in his latest article for Conservative Home. To read Chris’s article, click here.
by Sam | 28 Apr 2014 | Employment, Politics, Welfare
The Government Help to Work scheme, focusing on the long-term unemployed came into effect today, the BBC reports. It is addressed to people who have not found work after two years on the existing Work Programme and would have them go to the job centre every day,...