28 April 2016 Delving beneath the Junior Doctors strike The case for the reform of medical education by Trish Knight, Healthcare Workforce Specialist As we work through a week in which junior doctors withdraw their support for those needing emergency care as well as routine treatment and many thousands of patients are, at the very… Continue reading Issue 51:2016 04 28;Delving beneath the Junior Doctors strike (Trish Knight)
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Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK European Referendum TREASURY REPORT: The Treasury have published their analysis of the economic effects of Brexit. This estimates the amount by which leaving would reduce GDP in the year 2030 on three different bases: that the UK’s relationship with the EU becomes equivalent to that of Norway (a… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s claims were that Brexit would increase the number of British expats returning from Europe as their right to health care and other benefits was thrown into doubt. Currently there are believed to be 1.2 million Britons living outside Britain but in the EU,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 37: 2016 01 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 January 2016 Week in Brief: UK PENSIONERS’ HEATING: There are concerns that high energy prices are affecting pensioners who are turning down their heating to save money. It is said that the 6 big energy companies have not reduced their rates, despite a fall in wholesale energy costs over the last 2 years. DOCTORS’… Continue reading Issue 37: 2016 01 21: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 36:2015 1 14:NHS 24-7
14 January 2016 NHS 24-7 Shaw Sheet’s personal experience of weekend health-care on the eve of the doctor’s strike. By Neil Tidmarsh. So the junior hospital doctors have finally gone on strike, in protest at Jeremy Hunt’s apparent attempts to transform the NHS into a twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week service. Coincidentally,… Continue reading Issue 36:2015 1 14:NHS 24-7
Issue 35: 2016 01 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 January 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: David Cameron has changed his mind and has said that he will allow minsters to campaign in favour of the UK leaving the EU. The effect is to suspend the usual principle of collective cabinet responsibility. DOCTORS’ STRIKE: The strike of junior doctors has started, after… Continue reading Issue 35: 2016 01 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK AUTUMN STATEMENT: In his autumn statement, the Chancellor claimed that the public finances had improved and that accordingly government expenditure would not need to be cut as much as previously envisaged. Inter alia, he announced: the abandonment of his plan to cut tax credits; an increase in the… Continue reading Issue 30: 2015 11 26: Week in Brief: UK
