The wrong ‘cuts’

Posted on July 8, 2008 by ToryWriter

The BBC reports today that the Ambulance Service in Northern Ireland is to be forced to make efficiency cuts that will directly affect frontline services.
With a projected budget decrease of £1.5 million over the next three years the result, naturally, is that the Service has to cut the amount of time ambulances are available to take people to [...]

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Conservatives Put Control in NHS Where It’s Needed

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Editor

The following article is by Steven Kinnear, member of the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland and a local hospital doctor. 
The Tooke report is a damning indictment of the government’s botched plans for radically changing how doctors are trained.  You’ve heard the phrase ‘confidence and ability aren’t always related’ well this was definitely the case when the [...]

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Tories Take the Lead on Junior Doctors’ Careers Debacle

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Editor

The latest party election broadcast by the Conservatives highlights a national issue that is very much alive here in Northern Ireland.  We’d like to congratulate the Northern Irish Medics for highlighting the mess that the government created by rolling out the MTAS system that has resulted in mayhem within the junior doctor community.  Attempts to [...]

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Leaked paper shows need for government action on training posts, says BMA

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Editor

Commenting on reports that the NHS is looking at options for thousands of doctors who are at risk of not getting a training post through the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS), Dr Jo Hilborne, chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, says:
“It’s extremely worrying that NHS managers do not know how many posts are available [...]

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Read Our Top 10 Election Commitments

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Editor

The Conservatives have published their Top 10 Election Commitments for the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2007.  As well as a focus on education there are clear commitments to prioritise NHS provision locally, reforming local government funding and focusing on greater community cohesiveness. 

Filed under: Assembly Elections, Conservative Party, Conservatives Northern Ireland, Health, Local government, NHS | 4 Comments »