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)

Happy Birthday Florence, and thank you to all Nurses and Midwives including Mary!


I am very proud of all of the people I have ever met who are Nurses, Midwives or who work in the NHS in contexts that help to make the settings better for all of us. One of my friends … Continue reading

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Comments by Sussex MPs and a Government reaction to NHS workers


It seems important now that Parliament is assembling each week, albeit for much shorter hours and with very small numbers of MPs that we pay attention to what our local MPs do say and that we try to pass over … Continue reading

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Conservative Backbench MPs or at least one of them needs to get a grip with reality


Yesterday a small group of MPs held a debate in the House of Commons regarding COVID-19 and the only Sussex based MP who took part pointed out, that the debate was too short and involved far too few MPs. Those … Continue reading

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An interesting comment from one of our local MPs


This piece from Andrew Griffith came on Tuesday as part of a debate on the theme of Public Services with Michael Gove acting as the host. There are of course some real benefits for the outdoor economy and garden centres … Continue reading

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A tragic line we’ve crossed and an ongoing lack of understanding


So yesterday the official number of people in the UK whose death was due to COVID-19 was 813 which brought the total up to 20,319. It is really distressing to read about the people who many of us have met … Continue reading

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Two vital world leaders who are setting out to beat COVID-19 on our behalf


Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the former Finance Minister for Nigeria and is the Chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation which was founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and is now referred to as the Vaccine Alliance or … Continue reading

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Two positive claims from a fortnight ago – that now need to be met


Two weeks ago at the beginning of April, Matthew Hancock returned from his seven day personal C-19 isolation and made statements during the next two Coronavirus Daily Updates that clearly now need to be explained in the light of the … Continue reading

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Lets use this weekend to send a clear message to Parliament


On the evening of 8th April, ten days ago, someone posted this petition on my facebook page and at that point there was just over 4,000 signatures to which I added mine. We are now at 10 times that amount … Continue reading

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This is a very damaging approach to support, Huw


It is clear that our whole world is facing major challenges regarding COVID-19 and equally there are many different views regarding the best way of doing so. It will not be possible to establish a common approach in every area … Continue reading

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This is why I’m going to carry on clapping


At 8pm last night a group of people in our Street and its adjacent Street came out of their homes and we clapped for some time as a way of acknowledging that although we are stuck in our homes because … Continue reading

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