Embed from Getty Images Last week a study highlighted that almost a million EU workers could leave the UK after Brexit simply because they “feel less welcome and valued” in the country and in their jobs. The impact that is going to have on our health service and the wider economy is severe. Today, it […]
Lamb: Government failing abysmally on GP target
Embed from Getty Images Last week a study highlighted that almost a million EU workers could leave the UK after Brexit simply because they “feel less welcome and valued” in the country and in their jobs. The impact that is going to have on our health service and the wider economy is severe. Today, it […]
The Press Pack: A round-up of Lib Dem media comments – 22 August 2017
Here’s a roundup of media comments made by Lib Dem parliamentarians and spokespeople today. GP numbers Norman Lamb slammed the Government for failing to deliver more GPs: The government’s promise to recruit 5,000 more GPs by 2020 lies in tatters, with fewer GPs now than when this pledge was first made. “The pitiful increase we have seen […]
The Press Pack: A round-up of Lib Dem media comments – 22 August 2017
Here’s a roundup of media comments made by Lib Dem parliamentarians and spokespeople today. GP numbers Norman Lamb slammed the Government for failing to deliver more GPs: The government’s promise to recruit 5,000 more GPs by 2020 lies in tatters, with fewer GPs now than when this pledge was first made. “The pitiful increase we have seen […]
Notes from a new councillor: How to change things
I am frustrated about the bureaucracy I recently encountered as a County Councillor. Oxfordshire Mind, which provides many valuable mental health services throughout the county, has a new initiative to promote mental health awareness throughout Oxfordshire. The question I submitted to the Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Public Health was: Oxfordshire Mind is seeking […]
Notes from a new councillor: How to change things
I am frustrated about the bureaucracy I recently encountered as a County Councillor. Oxfordshire Mind, which provides many valuable mental health services throughout the county, has a new initiative to promote mental health awareness throughout Oxfordshire. The question I submitted to the Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Public Health was: Oxfordshire Mind is seeking […]
An independent commission is the only cure for the NHS funding crisis
Embed from Getty Images When I stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in 2015, I remember preparing notes on every conceivable subject for my first hustings. But when it came to the NHS, I couldn’t bring myself to follow the party political line and just bash my opponents; no one has fixed it and no […]
An independent commission is the only cure for the NHS funding crisis
Embed from Getty Images When I stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in 2015, I remember preparing notes on every conceivable subject for my first hustings. But when it came to the NHS, I couldn’t bring myself to follow the party political line and just bash my opponents; no one has fixed it and no […]
Mental Health deaths must not be neglected
This October, I will have been associated with the Liberals and the Liberal Democrats for some 45 years. In 1972 I joined the Liberal Students at Manchester University Medical School where my best subjects were Psychology and Psychiatry so it is unsurprising, perhaps, that I have not only pursued the interests of the NHS as […]
Mental Health deaths must not be neglected
This October, I will have been associated with the Liberals and the Liberal Democrats for some 45 years. In 1972 I joined the Liberal Students at Manchester University Medical School where my best subjects were Psychology and Psychiatry so it is unsurprising, perhaps, that I have not only pursued the interests of the NHS as […]