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Tristan Hallam: The Loftstedt Review – my last comment
3 February 2012
I can understand entirely why reviews are sometimes carried out.
It is a bit like a company employing a management consultant. A situation has been ongoing for some time, it needs looking at again, it needs to be considered whether changes should be put in place given the current environment and therefore we have to bring someone in to look at the position anew.
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Paul Sankey: Amanda Holden and the Dangers of Childbirth
3 February 2012
The story of Amanda Holden’s difficult experience of childbirth is a reminder both; that giving birth remains one of the high risk times in life but also that we are fortunate to have in the NHS a source of generally high quality healthcare. News reports suggest that her life was saved by NHS care at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital after her low-lying placenta (placenta praevia) caused a devastating haemorrhage.
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Paul Sankey: Legal Aid Bill: why the media silence?
3 February 2012
John Prescott has attacked government changes to the funding of legal claims in robust terms and accused the media of complicity in its own interests – see article below.
He claims that the changes benefit large corporations. In his words they are ‘nothing less than a cack-handed attempt to benefit large corporations when they are being sued’. The losers will be ordinary people trying to enforce their rights including victims of human rights abuses and babies brain-damaged at birth. But they will also be ‘victims of media corporations’ desire to print half-truths and invade privacy.’ Because the media are themselves the target here, Prescott says the media is failing to cover the changes adequately.
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Paul Kitson - The Times Cities Fit for Cycling Campaign
2 February 2012
"I applaud The Times/Kaya Burgess for the launch of the cycle safety campaign. The tragic incident involving The Times reporter Mary Bowers is sadly all too commonplace. Here at RJW we receive nearly 1,000 cycle accident instructions per annum - on behalf of both CTC members and non members. As trauma surgeon, Major Thomas Konig, points out on page 9 of The Times "a tiny mistake can cost a life". Current cases I am dealing with include the following:
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Expert: Age discrimination still common in UK
1 February 2012
Age discrimination remains a pertinent issue in many places of employment across the UK.
That is according to Ceri Wheeldon,...
