The Government have released their Open Public Services 2012 document which focuses on decentralising power to ensure that public services are accountable to the people that use them rather than to centralised bureaucracies. Despite global economic woes, public demand for high-quality services has remained intense. This does not mean that […]
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Via the Bucks Free Press: ‘Public given false hopes by hospital consultation’
Via The Bucks Free Press, A CONSULTATION process over planned changes to Wycombe Hospital has given the public “unrealistic expectations”, says a Bucks MP. As the article explains, it has emerged that only clinical evidence would substantially sway these clinically-led proposals. As the article reports, I think that should have been […]
Read MoreSouth Central Ambulance Service achieves Foundation Trust status
The ambulance service which covers Wycombe has been succesful in its bid to become a Foundation Trust. You can read more about the success here. The move to Foundation Trust status is part of reforms introduced by the previous government and continued by the Coalition. These give NHS trusts more […]
Read MoreA transport and health Parliamentary question
Further to my trip to Stoke Mandeville Hospital using the bus service from Wycombe, I asked a Parliamentary Question on the centralisation of health services and the impact this has on transport options for patients. The Minister’s reply is reproduced below: Norman Baker: The Department for Transport has received no representations […]
Read MoreRe-launch of the Royal College of Midwives Parliamentary Panel
Last Wednesday, I attended the re-launch of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Parliamentary Panel. The meeting coincided with the publishing of a report by the RCM on the State of Maternity Services in the UK. This revealed that the number of births per year increased by 22% between 2001 […]
Read MoreMP Steve Baker calls for community to run hospital if NHS plans ‘don’t work’
MP Steve Baker tonight called on the community to claim control of Wycombe Hospital if further changes brought in by the NHS “don’t work”. Chairing a meeting at Great Marlow School, he said he is “inclined to trust” health chiefs over their plans for the hospital, but urged people to […]
Read MoreBBC News – Nudge not enough to change lifestyles – peers
As if ‘nudge’ were not bad enough: Plans to get people to adopt healthier lifestyles will not work unless the government is more prepared to use legislation, peers believe. via BBC News – Nudge not enough to change lifestyles – peers.
Read MoreConservativeHome’s Platform: Steve Baker MP: Accounting has never been so exciting!
Via ConservativeHome’s Platform: Steve Baker MP: Accounting has never been so exciting: There is a growing awareness that one of the main contributors – if not the main contributor – to the severity of the financial crisis was the system of accounting rules under which UK banks continue to operate. […]
Read MoreHigh Wycombe weighs in new mayor Chaudhary Ditta
Via High Wycombe weighs in new mayor Chaudhary Ditta (From Bucks Free Press): BOOS and cheers rang around Frogmoor this morning as crowds gathered to see whether High Wycombe’s dignitaries have been dining out at the taxpayers’ expense. Incoming mayor Chaudhary Ditta raised a cheer at the traditional Mayor Making ceremony […]
Read MoreWe should take the politics out of health
This morning, I had one of my regular informal meetings with local senior NHS management. As you would expect, the present top-level political manoeuvring leaves senior NHS staff in a difficult position: how can they plan when policy is again up in the air? Right now, the NHS is scarcely […]
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