22/09/2009: Asthma UK, Diabetes UK, National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE): The Healthcare in Education Challenge
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
12:00 AM
Asthma UK, Diabetes UK, National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE)
The Healthcare in Education Challenge
Tuesday 22 September, 13.00-14.00, Branksome Room, BIC
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The story of diabetes treatment in the UK is in fact many stories. Men and women in different parts of the UK experience widely different standards of care and treatment. Like so many other medical conditions in Britain, diabetes is a postcode lottery.
NHS 'letting down asthma sufferers'
People with diabetes don't want to 'shop' around for the different elements of their care.
Serious question-marks about who would be in charge in the event of a national health emergency are hanging over the UK, MPs have warned.
The UK can no longer claim to offer a world-class education system, a comparison of international achievement among 15-year-olds suggests.
The European Court of Justice has overturned a decision blocking Britain from reviewing EU emission trading allowances.
The Government is being urged to sign up to a new European convention providing the victims of people trafficking with additional rights.
Britain's future as a united country will be one of the "enormous challenges" faced in the coming years, the outgoing head of the civil service has warned.
Budding politicians at one MP's summer school offer their take on the problems bedevilling young people's involvement in politics.
The UK's asylum policy is "sending people to their deaths" according to extensive interviews conducted with refugees.