by Sam | 28 Aug 2014 | Health
It’s inevitable that NHS resources will be prioritised. The victim of a major and life-threatening trauma, for example, will always be treated before someone whose medical needs are less immediate. But these decisions are based on medical need and clinical knowledge...
by Sam | 26 Aug 2014 | Education & Children's Services, General Election 2015, Politics
Liberal Democrat Care Minister Norman Lamb has called for drunk people who abuse A&E staff to be given an on-the-spot £50 fine as they are putting a “huge burden” on hospitals, according to The Daily Mail. Lamb went further to say that “it can be...
by Sam | 21 Aug 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
The Press Association has reported the the Liberal Democrats have announced plans to extend the ring fence around the science research budget as part of next year’s General Election manifesto. The Party also plans to introduce a “green innovation...
by Sam | 19 Aug 2014 | Health
Nick Clegg is at risk of being challenged by party rebels at the upcoming Liberal Democrat conference. It’s a sentence that’s been used before over the last five years, during which Lib Dem activists uncomfortable with the direction of Coalition policy, and the role...
by Sam | 8 Aug 2014 | Politics
The Daily Mail has used a front page spread to report on figures showing that there are 3.2 million awaiting surgery in the UK, a rise of 700,000 compared with 2010. Ministers blame the increase on Britain’s ageing population and rising demand for new treatments, with...
