NHS

Featured
BASC logo
Rural livelihoods at risk due to firearms fees hike, warns BASC

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the government’s decision to significantly increase firearms licensing fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable service. Moreover, an inefficient system is an ineffective system, and this puts public safety at… Read more »

Latest articles

News
Burnham: It won't happen overnight
Closer to the end of hospital parking charges?

By Ian Dunt Andy Burnham has promised an end to hospital parking charges within three years, in his speech to the Labour party conference in Brighton. The health secretary used his keynote speech to defend the party’s record on the NHS and question whether the Conservatives could be trusted with the institution. “We can’t do… Read more »

News
The Department for Health could be cut down by 50 per cent
Lib Dems vs the quangos

By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats will launch a brutal attack on quangos if they have any part in government, the party’s health spokesman has said. Speaking at the party conference this morning, Norman Lamb promised deep cuts to health quangos. No quango chief would be able to earn more than the prime minister under… Read more »