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Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Four days ago I emailed Norman Lamb MP and Andrew Lansley MP regarding an issue to do with swine flu vaccination . I e-mailed the exact same e-mail to both MPs , gave no further prompts and wondered who would get on to this issue, with the strong hope that both of them would bring the government to account over the fact that some asthma sufferers are being denied the vaccine because of "technicalities"....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Health secretary Andy Burnham says it is gutter politics to claim benefits for pensioners with disabilities will be cut The government accused the Tories of "scaremongering" and "gutter politics" today for refusing to support its plans for a national care service. The shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, welcomed the broad thrust of the plans, saying they were a "step...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Labour says the Conservatives are 'completely wrong' to claim some pensioners could lose up to £3,400 a year from the government's plan unveiled in the Queen's speech The Conservatives were today accused of "scaremongering" after claiming that more than 2 million old people could lose out under the government's plan to offer free social care at home to needy pensioners. Labour claimed...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A shadow culture secretary begins to makes his mark THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rarely been the frivolous sideshow suggested by its Whitehall nickname, “the ministry of fun”. It was a training ground for some of Labour’s brightest prospects, including James Purnell and Andy Burnham. It has a big role in staging the London Olympics in 2012, perhaps the biggest...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Conservatives say Andy Burnham has indicated that two benefits claimed by over-65s could contribute to funding of new care package More than 2 million old people could lose out under the government's plans to offer free social care at home to needy pensioners, the Conservatives claimed today. Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, launched a strong attack on the measure – identified by...
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Left Foot Forward (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Shadow Health Minister Andrew Lansley is among campaigners who have opposed a wind farm on the disused RAF Graveley site in Cambridgeshire. The Cambridge News reported yesterday that the plans were thrown out by Huntingdonshire District Council. Last week, Andrew Lansley expressed his concerns about the plans. In a statement he ...
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Conor's Commentary (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Michael Gove has been on Today bemoaning the level of 'electioneering' in today's Queen's Speech, suggesting that such tactics would have been beyond previous Prime Ministers. I presume Michael was having a laugh. Otherwise, I must have been dreaming when John Major invented 'a grammar school in every town' just ahead of the 1997 election - the policy Michael and David Willetts have wisely binned -...
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Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Congratualtions to Norman Lamb MP, who responded to my blog posting about flu in less than an hour and a half. Although I have known Norman for many years, I did not contact him personally about this and instead I sent an identical e-mail to both him and Andrew Lansley. I hope too that Andrew Lansley will respond and take the issue up as I have been impressed with the work he has done on highlighting...
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Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The government, and that idiot Liam Donaldson perpetually peddle the lie that "People with health conditions such as asthma are considered a priority and will get their swine flu vaccinations as a matter of priority". The fact is, they are not. The department the Department of Health uses to define an asthmatic is that they are someone with "a chronic respiratory disease that requires...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Labour have joined the Tories in advocating a partnership model for public services. This kind of mutualisation is long overdue When our office learned of shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley's largely overlooked announcement at the NHS employers conference in Birmingham last week, a big cheer went up. According to Lansley, under a Conservative government, healthcare providers would be restructured...
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Circle (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
At the NHS Employers conference earlier this month, Andrew Lansley explicitly stated that the Conservatives are committed to altering the relationships in healthcare, and he advocated ‘the partnership model of employee ownership’.
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The Third Estate (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Today, a study conducted by Cambridge University reveals for the first time the true cost of passive non-smoking. While it has long being recognised that non-smokers have a higher than average propensity to lead sad and boring lives, the impact of such lifestyle choices upon smokers has, until now, gone largely unrecognised. The report, authored [...] Related posts: ASH seeks to hit the poor where...
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NHS-THE OTHER SIDE (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From Pulse : A poll of 326 GPs reveals that in the wake of the major parties’ political conferences, the profession’s support for the Government is at its lowest level yet. Just 8% said they would vote Labour in the next election, which is expected to be held early next summer. 52% said they would vote for the Conservatives and 22% for the Liberal Democrats. 7 respondents – equivalent...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
All healthy schoolchildren may be vaccinated against swine flu, the Department of Health revealed today, as it issued guidance on how to help pregnant women who catch the infection. Confirmation that the government is considering extending the vaccination programme came as the Conservatives called for all pupils to be immunised against the H1N1 virus. Cases of the disease in England increased only...
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Norfolk Blogger (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
At last one of the opposition political parties has broken the cosy consensus over swine flu and dared to question the way the vaccination programme is being handled in the UK. Andrew Lansley has questioned why, in the light of evidence from the US, all those under the age of 24 are not being targetted with the vaccine, and further evidence on the BBC website would back up that view. It is clear that...
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