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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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Scientists have warned that low take up of the MR vaccine is putting the health of the UK’s children at risk, and that measles has the potential to become widespread once more. Scientists from Royal Holloway University and the Health Protection Agency, writing in the journal Science, stated that take-up of the MMR vaccine has… Read more »
Cheering crowds have welcomed the first Nigerian peacekeepers in Liberia. Crowds lined the streets waving white flags and branches and chanting ‘we want peace’. Expectations of the force are high, perhaps too high. The force is small, comprising only about 400 reasonably lightly armed men. They are currently also only able to operate in the… Read more »
