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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
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Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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More than 200 hospital trusts have been branded “weak” in the way they manage their resources under tough new performance ratings by the Healthcare Commission. The new health checks, which combine self-assessment, external reports and patient views, find 37 per cent of the 570 trusts in England are failing in this area and a further… Read more »
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The huge increase in NHS spending has failed to lead to a similarly large improvement in services, a new report has warned. Research by social policy think tank Civitas says that despite a doubling of funding in real terms from £44.9 billion in 2000 to £76.4 billion last year, “service improvement has in too many… Read more »
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