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Category Archives: Health Reform
A potential call for an IAG to be set up for the NHS
On Wednesday in the House of Lords, John Sentamu was speaking during the discussion of St Georges Hospital: Patients Deaths. His words are below. Although he did not refer to the phrase of an Independent Advisory Group (IAG) he did … Continue reading
Visual, Hearing, & Multi-Sensory impaired children
Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Sussex MP from Battle and Bexhill called Huw Merriman asked a very significant question about how the Government will respond to the needs for deaf children. The response from the Government was very … Continue reading
I agree with John Sentamu that free testing is vital
On Thursday in the House of Lords John Sentamu who was previously the Archbishop of York made a very important comment in his statement. I have had the privilege to have met him several times in the past including when … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged COVID, John Sentamu, Tony Blair
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Some clear cases for Sussex MPs to work together
It is clear that when Sussex MPs work together, particularly across the current three political groups, that many people feel encouraged. There are of course many times when the political groups are so opposed that the prospect of joint working … Continue reading
All of our MPs must speak for Ukraine and COVID
We are clearly facing several very tragic and challenging positions within our world and within our communities that have emerged in the last week. The appalling impact on Ukraine from Russia is raising many concerns in a wide range of … Continue reading
A very incompetent response to Caroline Ansell
When Conservative MPs ask questions it would seem realistic for the Conservative Government to provide a credible answer. We are very familiar of the times when opposition MPs get treated very badly, but one would assume that the same political … Continue reading
These 10 Sussex MPs made several bad votes last week!
Last week in Parliament a number of important elements emerged that relate to Health issues and it seems vital for our community to applaud the people who took the time to raise questions or supported these important issues. Perhaps we … Continue reading
We need MPs to understand such cases
The rather inadequate levelling-up approach being proposed by this Government seems to totally ignore their other policies such as their very damaging approach in the Health and Care Bill which is failing to protect people who do not live in … Continue reading
Posted in Health Reform, Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Carl Packman, Lorraine Hershon, Roma
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Where is the other £250 Million for the NHS?
On Thursday in the House of Lords, John Roger Roberts the Liberal Democratic Peer who is also a well recognised Methodist Church leader asked this very reasonable question. He is referred to as Lord Roberts of Llandudno. He was presumably … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Roger Roberts, Syed Kamall
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A very good question and a tragic response
On Tuesday the House of Commons held this debate on the subject of Health and Social Care and tragically only one of the Sussex MPs was involved in the questions. However Huw Merriman asked a question that was very clear … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, Huw Merriman, Peter Lilley
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