The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
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The Conservatives have called on the government to ratify the European convention on action against human trafficking immediately. Although UK ministers have signed up to the anti-trafficking treaty the government is yet to ratify it, in common with most other European nations. But speaking today the Conservatives called for its immediate ratification, with a vow… Read more »
The prime minister has promised the government will do everything possible to restore normality to the Royal Marsden Hospital after yesterday’s fire. The top floor and roof of the specialist cancer hospital were gutted by fire yesterday and staff and patients had to be evacuated. Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah visited the west London… Read more »
