Wes Streeting
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 »
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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Health secretary Steve Barclay has said nurses have been offered a ‘fair pay rise’ this year, following news that nurses are to hold two days of strike action next month. In a tweet on Friday morning, Mr Barclay said, “We have accepted the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body to give nurses a… Read more »
MPs are debating NHS GP and dentist access and the increasing waiting lists in the UK. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting labelled health secretary Sajid Javid’s record “rubbish”, blaming “Conservative underfunding” for “patients finding it impossible to book GP appointments”. Javid focused on the rail strikes which he told the House of Commons that Streeting… Read more »
