Category Archives: Health Reform

The Government has commited itself to reforming the current health service in a manner that many find confusing and potentially very dangerous. Few ideas seem to have been tested apart from in the mind of Andrew Lansley (Health Secretary)

A very good question and a tragic response

Posted on September 9, 2021 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Watch tonights Countryfile and then sign my petition

Posted on August 1, 2021 by ianchisnall

This e-Petition calls for the Government to reverse its decision not to fund charities such as FareShare. If you would like to find out more about why the petition was set out check out this page on this blog back … Continue reading →

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We need a radical change for all Governments from now!

Posted on June 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

There are of course many elements of every Government that are positive and need to be acknowledged. However there are a series of issues that have emerged in the last 48 hours that indicate major changes that are needed in … Continue reading →

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Victoria Prentis and MPs must reverse the Government

Posted on June 22, 2021 by ianchisnall

Back on the 7th April this year the Parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published its Seventh Report under the title of Covid-19 and the issues of security in food supply. The report can be obtained from here. One … Continue reading →

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Following Sussex Day, our MPs have some challenges

Posted on June 21, 2021 by ianchisnall

Many of us enjoy living or working in Sussex and so it is fantastic that a few years ago Ian Steedman in Worthing followed by Martin Ellis in Crowborough set out to re-establish the Sussex day celebration. The day has … Continue reading →

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The Government needs to realise all people matter

Posted on June 19, 2021 by ianchisnall

It is always fascinating when one reads the text from Parliament and finds a radical and strong argument being made by people who one might not expect would challenge their own political party based Government. That said it is very … Continue reading →

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Why is Gavin Williamson so unwilling to vaccinate teachers?

Posted on January 13, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday in Parliament following the debate on COVID and the call to lockdown the nation this was the debate on the theme of Covid-19: Educational Settings which began with a statement from Gavin Williamson. He touched on a number … Continue reading →

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Vaccine priorities and US Capitol chaos both need responses

Posted on January 11, 2021 by ianchisnall

At the start of this week many of us are still recovering from a number of events that took place last week. For those of us in the UK, the lockdown following a huge increase in COVID-19 cases over December … Continue reading →

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A Coalition type of leadership is now vital for our nation

Posted on January 5, 2021 by ianchisnall

The latest COVID-19 announcement by Boris Johnson which he made at 8pm last night seemed to be in a very clear change from his approach at 9am on the day before. Despite this change the positive aspects of his announcement … Continue reading →

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Government refuses an inquiry, but is closing down PHE

Posted on August 16, 2020 by ianchisnall

When COVID-19 emerged and then led to thousands of deaths in the UK compared to far fewer in many other nations, understandably some people began to call for a public inquiry and the Government claimed that it was not appropriate … Continue reading →

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