Rise in "dental deserts" leaves millions struggling to get NHS dentist appointment Inflation: Deadly price hikes cannot go on any longer Rise in "dental deserts" leaves millions struggling to get NHS dentist appointment Six in ten areas have seen a rise in the number of people per dentist since 2019 Some areas have over 3,000 people per NHS dentist leaving people struggling to get an appointment Lib Dem Leader calls for NHS dentist rescue plan to prevent desperate people resorting to DIY dentistry Over six in ten local areas in England have seen a rise in the number of people ...
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The wife of Tory health minister and MP for Harborough Neil O'Brien works for a private firm awarded...
Embed from Getty ImagesFrom the Mirror website this evening: The wife of a Tory health minister works for a private firm that has been handed NHS contracts, it has been revealed. Neil O'Brien's spouse is GP engagement lead for Circle Health Group, which operates taxpayer-funded services. Circle Health was the first private firm to take over an NHS hospital. It has 54 private hospitals across the UK and advertises that NHS patients can request to have their operations at its sites. "NHS England Patients can be treated at Circle Health Group offering specialised hospitals with experienced consultant surgeons," it states ...
Lib Dems kept up our challenges to the Rishi Sunak at PMQs today. Two got to ask questions. The videos are below, followed by the text from Hansard. First up was leader Ed Davey in his regular slot. He asked about the crisis in dentistry: "This is a scandal" says @LibDems leader @EdwardJDavey. NHS dentistry is in crisis, yet the PM keeps trying to defend the indefensible. [IMG: ❌] Tweaks to a failed contract do not equal reform [IMG: ❌] Spending has barely increased in a decade [IMG: ❌] We have less dentists today than in 2017 pic.twitter.com/0bafz3EY3t — BDA ...
Our Headline of the Day Award goes to the Guardian for its coverage of an interesting innovation in distance running.
"Johnson has already inflicted considerable damage on Britain's constitutional practices. A second period of office for this flawed and flamboyant politician would be even more disastrous for British politics." David Sanders studies the consequences of Boris Johnson's assault on our political system. Amy Silverstein writes a moving and personal essay on the shortcomings of transplant surgery: "These transplant drugs (which must be taken once or twice daily for life, since rejection is an ongoing risk and the immune system will always regard a donor organ as a foreign invader) cause secondary diseases and dangerous conditions, including diabetes, uncontrollable high blood ...
Wed, 10:45: RT @little_pengelly: No matter our political view, poignant moment to think about all those now gone since 1998. I'm a big fan of @RestIsP... Wed, 18:31: The Weeping Angels of Mons, by Robbie Morrison, Daniel Indro and Eleonora�Carlini https://t.co/Gt1HKoZo5y </ul
Wed 19th
14:59The assumptions behind Sunak's determination that all young people will study Mathematics until they...
Embed from Getty ImagesIt's a mark of the lack of intellectual ambition among British politicians that debates about our economic performance so often centre on micromanaging the school curriculum. The latest example is the prime minister's claim that Britain has an "anti-maths mindset" that costs our economy tens of billions of pounds a year. Given that Mathematics is the most popular A-level subject, I'd like to see the evidence for these claims. The Guardian report goes on to say: Sunak is expected to point to statistics showing the UK is below average for numeracy among industrialised countries, with more than ...
A summary of the seat change predictions from Electoral Calculus for the big May rounds of local elections, based on opinion polling: Year Conservative Labour Lib Dem Green Predicted Actual Predicted Actual Predicted Actual Predicted Actual 2023 -258 – +408 – -39 – -35 – 2022 -548 -485 +819 +108 +49 +224 -26 +87 2021 +339 +234 +280 -326 -97 +8 -8 +88 Predictions are taken from the Electoral Calculus figures published at the time. Actual seat change figures are taken from LocalBase.
In a way I feel a bit sorry for Humza Yousaf. Not because he's taken over a failing Government that he has been a part of, but because of the way his party is imploding around him in a way that he probably didn't expect. He definitely knew that he was inheriting a deeply divided party, but maybe didn't realise that the chalice was so full of poison. Since his election as First Minister 3 weeks ago, two senior figures in the SNP have been arrested and released without charge in an investigation in to the Party's finances and he ...
The Independent reports that a Tory candidate for the local elections has been suspended after posting on Facebook about an "invasion of Islam" and "stoning migrants". The paper says that Stuart Peach was standing to be elected as a Conservative councillor in Ashfield, where the party's deputy chairman Lee Anderson is the local MP, but social media posts from 2019 have been unearthed which reportedly show Mr Peach referring to asylum seekers crossing the channel as "invaders". They add that he has since been suspended by the party, pending an investigation, but will appear on ballots as a Tory candidate ...
It is necessary to pick through the reports carefully to determine what actually happened, as opposed to what was hearsay, speculation or blatant invention to increase circulation.
On Friday 21st April, as part of Good To Grow Day 2023, Ninewells Community Garden will host an open afternoon in the garden. It takes place from 1pm to 3pm. The team will offer tours of the space and show you how to make paper pots, what plants you can eat and its Fix It Team will show you how to make repairs to your garden tools. All welcome - more details are available at www.goodtogrowuk.org/map/?o=13014
