by Chris Rogers | 29 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The Times (£) has reported that a former deputy Chief Executive at NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority, was given a £370,000 redundancy payoff despite never leaving the health service. The Times says is one of three managers paid a total of almost...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
The Labour Party have released figures showing that people over the age of 90 are using ambulances 81% more than they were three years ago. Labour says the jump from 300,370 trips in 2012-13 compared to 165,910 in 2009-10 is linked to the cuts in social care budgets,...
by Chris Rogers | 28 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s been claimed that thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer could be denied a new drug following guidance from NICE. NICE initially recommended for NHS funding last October but have reversed this decision. NICE have justified the decision claiming there is a...
by Chris Rogers | 28 Jan 2014 | Economy, Employment, Outsourcing, Welfare
The Work and Pensions Select Committee this morning released the report of its inquiry into the Role of Jobcentre Plus (JCP) in the Reformed Welfare System. The Committee concluded that JCP is “capable of responding well to policy changes and fluctuating claimant...
by Chris Rogers | 28 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
A report from Dr Andrew Davis, from Durham University’s School of Education, has found that the interests of able readers are being damaged by an insistence on teaching primary phonics. Dr Davis claimed that rival camps in the debate over how to teach children to read...
