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BASC warns Natural Environment Bill poses risks to deer management

Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »

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Hewitt: centralisation driven by modern medicine
Hewitt: Clinicians must lead NHS reform

The health secretary Patricia Hewitt told clinicians that they must lead reconfiguration in the NHS. NHS reform will only work if it is led and driven by clinicians, she told a conference of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE). Past experience has taught the government that reforms suffer when it attempts to drive… Read more »

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Stark warning for NHS IT
NHS IT system warned of ‘bleak future’

The NHS computing system faces a “bleak future”, with delays, escalating costs and clinician disillusionment, the latest report into the struggling system has concluded. The Commons’ public accounts committee (PAC) concluded a review of the National Programme for IT with the warning that urgent action is needed to improve services. Problems identified by PAC include… Read more »