View image | gettyimages.com Nick Clegg’s been on a bit of a journey on his views about sugar consumption. In an article for the Evening Standard last week, he outlined the dangers of consuming too much hidden sugar and said that he now favoured strong action to reduce our sugar consumption: Now, finally, we are […]
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LibLink: Nick Clegg: My family are up in arms over ham but I’m raging over sugar
View image | gettyimages.com Nick Clegg’s been on a bit of a journey on his views about sugar consumption. In an article for the Evening Standard last week, he outlined the dangers of consuming too much hidden sugar and said that he now favoured strong action to reduce our sugar consumption: Now, finally, we are […]
Jim Hume MSP: SNP risks making GPs an exclusive service that many can’t access
I was interested to see this report in today’s Scotsman which featured Labour and the SNP slugging it out over cuts to GP training posts. People are finding it more and more difficult to get an early appointment with their GPs. You would think that the service that is the most common way for us to […]
Jim Hume MSP: SNP risks making GPs an exclusive service that many can’t access
I was interested to see this report in today’s Scotsman which featured Labour and the SNP slugging it out over cuts to GP training posts. People are finding it more and more difficult to get an early appointment with their GPs. You would think that the service that is the most common way for us to […]
Opinion: Conservative health policies are short on detail
What have the Conservatives said on health so far? Their manifesto makes big promises – but is vague on detail. NHS England’s Five Year Forward View called for £8 billion more annually by 2020 (alongside £22 billion efficiency savings) to maintain NHS standards. Liberal Democrats were the first to sign up to this – and […]
38 Degrees get it badly wrong on Lib Dem funding for NHS – but don’t do nearly enough to put it right
Everyone makes mistakes. That’s a fact of life. However, when you do, you need to properly acknowledge it and make amends. One of the key Liberal Democrat priorities for this election is that we would fund the £8 billion that the NHS in England needs. In fact, we’re spending more than that on health because […]
Opinion: Plain Packaging: Will Tobacco Be the End or Just the Beginning?
While I think I was pleased to see the vote by MPs earlier this month, introducing plain packaging for tobacco products, it did also set off faint alarm bells – with me at least. There is something rather drastic about passing a law that requires legally produced and distributed goods to be wrapped in plain […]
Annette Brooke MP writes…Choice at the end of life is vital – free social care can make that happen
There are no dress rehearsals when it comes to where we are and who we are with when we die – so it’s crucial that people have as much choice and control over the situation as possible. This is important not only to the person who is at the end of their life, but also […]
Opinion: Time to dump the 4 hour A & E target
View image | gettyimages.com To be frank, as a doctor, I have been underwhelmed by our Liberal Democrat offering on health issues over the years; certainly we are not as strong on health as we should be. The almost daily drip feed from the right wing press on NHS shortcomings and failures is demoralising to […]
UKIP’s official health spokesperson: “I have no experience in health whatsoever”
Louise Bours MEP, UKIP’s health spokesperson, made a startling admission to the Independent in an interview published today. She said: One thing that irritates me more than anything, and you see so much of it the higher up the political hierarchy you go, that’s it’s full of a load off… people who aren’t particularly honest, […]