by Chris Rogers | 30 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
The Government’s free school meals programme has been criticised after the Department of Education revealed that £150 million was given to schools regardless of whether they needed new facilities to provide food for pupils. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg MP...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Jan 2014 | Uncategorized
A report by the Care Quality Commission found that the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act is now at the highest on record. The act was used over 50,000 times last year to detain patients in hospital – the highest ever recorded. The Care Quality...
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...
