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Letters: Bank charges

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:44:24 GMT

The Independent says, "Bank charges, a setback, but the fight goes on" (26 November). The headline implies that "we" the public are fighting the banks and have suffered a setback.
Source: The Independent

SNP set to 'grab' yet more council powers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:28:30 GMT

The move comes just days after education secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed the Scottish Government is considering taking education away from councils and raises new questions over the future of local government in Scotland.
Source: The Scotsman

JANET STREET-PORTER: We're just irritants to those who run the NHS

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:21:19 GMT

Patients are treated like a burden by the NHS (posed by models) Sometimes you get the feeling that the NHS would run just so much better if those irritating customers called patients didn't exist.
Source: Daily Mail - UK

Britain's shame over the cancer toll on women... nearly the worst in Europe

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:22:15 GMT

The availability of cancer drugs such as Herceptin is just one of the causes cited for Britain's poor performance British women are more likely to die from cancer than those in almost every other European country, an alarming report has revealed.
Source: Daily Mail - UK

A Stalinist NHS Chief vs a Good Doctor

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:18:15 GMT

To: Dr. Edward Silver, Ashworth Hospital, Bronte House, Parkbourn, Maghull, LIVERPOOL L31 1HW E-mail: communicationsmerseycare.nhs.uk Switchboard Telephone No.: 0151 473 0303 Dear Dr. Silver, 1) Your letter of 24/11/09 received ... .
Source: UK Indymedia Newswire

Students collect donations for Operation KICK

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:23:01 GMT

MEDINA — Looking for a way to give back the holiday season? If so, members of the Medina High School National Honor Society have a perfect solution.
Source: The Journal Register

Late cancer diagnosis kills 10,000 a year according to government tsar

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:30:03 GMT

Mammogram scans for breast cancer, Britain's third biggest cancer killer.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Manchester Academies

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:15:45 GMT

Two single-sex ‘Creative and Media’ academies are replacing North Manchester High School for Boys and Girls, courtesy of sponsorship from software giant Microsoft.
Source: UK Indymedia Newswire

Quoted in 'Minister's concern over all-white delivery team request'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:58:38 GMT

Andy Burnham said in Scarborough Evening News:

I can't be alone in finding the situation you describe an uncomfortable situation - I would have thought it would have been for NHS staff who were on the receiving end of such a request.

Quoted in 'Gordon Brown accused of bowing to unions by freezing private companies out of NHS'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:12:26 GMT

Norman Lamb said in Times Online:

This is a perfect illustration of the corrupting influence of big money in politics ... This move will undermine the efforts to improve efficiency and productivity in the NHS.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:41:00 GMT

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:42:49 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold placards in front of a statue of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England.

National Health Service 1948

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:25:31 GMT