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)

Could Health Charities correspond with these people


Last Thursday a written question was submitted by Caroline Lucas, the Brighton Pavilion MP for Green Party to the Government and it was responded by Neil O’Brien the Minister for the Department of Health and Social Care. The focus is … Continue reading

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Taking steps to reduce excess deaths include COVID-19


On Friday in Parliament a written question from Henry Smith, the Crawley MP was responded by Neil O’Brien the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health and Social Care. The answer included the following aspect It is likely that a combination of … Continue reading

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Councils assisting children in Education, Health and Care


Yesterday the “Children and Young People Now” website submitted a piece from here written by Joe Lepper which is titled COUNCIL LEGALLY DEFINES CHILDREN WITH EHCPS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE AS LOOKED AFTER and the reference to EHCPS was explained in … Continue reading

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Infected blood inquiry is expected to conclude next year


At the end of Parliament this year a discussion took place on the final Thursday. It appears that next year after six years of process the Infected Blood Inquiry that was set out by the Prime Minister will finally be … Continue reading

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A strong call from some MPs for children in Schools


On Monday in the Argus newspaper here in Sussex I had written a piece called “Issues we need to tackle to help our children” and it was repeated in this blog. The content included a focus from during the Prime … Continue reading

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This week FareShare could benefit from many of us


This week is a financial campaign for FareShare Sussex that is a charity that is based in Brighton but which covers the whole of Sussex and also many parts of Surrey. FareShare is an organisation that I helped to set … Continue reading

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Young people’s experiences of food insecurity


Nearly two weeks ago on Monday 7th November a significant Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams from Arfon next to Anglesey at the North West of Wales raised an Early Day Motion with the headline of “Young people’s experiences of food … Continue reading

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We need to promote campaigns toward the Government


While we are waiting for our new Prime Minister it would be fantastic if some radical themes could be promoted by us locally and nationally. It is unlikely that the new Prime Minister will spend a lot of time to … Continue reading

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Two significant themes emerged from Sussex MPs


It appears that when Parliament closes down for the Summer that some Ministers attempt to set out radical ideas knowing that they cannot be easily challenged for several weeks. Equally the conscientious MPs and Lords use the time to submit … Continue reading

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Some important questions on the Cancer Plan theme


A few days ago two Conservative MPs raised a significant questions to their Government about the Cancer plan that is currently being assessed. At that stage they were not aware that an identical question had been raised a few days … Continue reading

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