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Posted at 9:20am Thursday 13th November 2008
Posted at 9:20am Thursday 16th October 2008
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LAST week, on the first day back in London, the Chancellor made a statement on the financial crisis which was short of positive future plans.
Posted at 9:38am Thursday 18th September 2008
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CONCERNS have been expressed about the scope and quality of care to be provided by the organisation that is taking over the provision of out-ofhours (OOH) GP care across the county.
Posted at 9:40am Friday 22nd August 2008
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BEFORE the recess in the House of Commons, in a debate, I outlined my personal seven-point manifesto for the NHS pointing the main parties to vote-winners that would benefit all of us as users and owners (we pay for it!) of the NHS:
Posted at 9:05am Thursday 24th July 2008
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Two attractions in Wyre Forest deserve wider recognition and a visit this summer. First we have the rejuvenated Stourport Dock Basins where the Midlands canals join the river Severn.
Posted at 10:09am Thursday 26th June 2008
Posted at 8:15am Thursday 29th May 2008
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As a retired doctor who has seen the agony and distress to patients and their families from illnesses like motor neurone disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and at a younger age, muscular dystrophy, I voted in favour of the measures in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
Posted at 8:25am Thursday 1st May 2008
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TWO controversial matters are before the Commons at the moment. The 42-day detention decision is in the committee stage and will come back to the House soon. The other is the abolition of the 10p income tax rate.
Posted at 8:59am Thursday 3rd April 2008
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THIS week, I am writing with unashamed nostalgia about steam railways and promoting one of the best tourist attractions spanning the Worcestershire and Shropshire border.
Posted at 7:50am Thursday 6th March 2008
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The main business in the house recently has been the Treaty of Lisbon and the European Union (Amendment) Bill.
Posted at 8:30am Thursday 7th February 2008
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AT the annual meeting of the All Party Floods Group, I was very pleased to be re-elected as one of the vice-chairmen. We have planned meetings with the Secretary of State, Hilary Benn, and with the Environment Agency to discuss the lessons learnt from recent floods.
Posted at 9:00am Thursday 10th January 2008
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Now we are back in London MPs are faced with a barrage of legislation and Gordon Brown’s measures to attempt to restore confidence in his leadership.
Posted at 9:31am Thursday 13th December 2007
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Sadly the ‘Brown Bounce’ has burst. When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister I hoped that openness and honesty would be a feature of his administration.
Posted at 8:52am Thursday 15th November 2007
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I attended a briefing meeting with Lord Mackenzie, the minister with responsibility for the Child Support Agency, and the chief executive to hear about their plan to make the renewed organisation more efficient and effective.
Posted at 9:29am Thursday 18th October 2007
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Infection due to Clostridium difficile (C.diff) has recurred alarmingly, with the outbreak at hospitals in Kent that was unrecognised and led to probably avoidable deaths.
Posted at 8:45am Thursday 20th September 2007
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The long-desired presence of a doctor in the minor injuries unit at Kidderminster Hospital is to become reality soon.
Posted at 8:39am Thursday 26th July 2007
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Recent statements in the Commons have covered “Women’s Ministers priorities”, “Local and regional economic reform in England” and “Alexander Litvinenko” which outlined the measures the UK plans to take against Russia for its refusal to allow the extradition of the alleged murderer of Litvinenko.
Posted at 9:40am Thursday 28th June 2007
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Sad news this week relates to the devastation of parts of the county by unexpected and probably unpredictable flash floods.
Posted at 9:01am Thursday 31st May 2007
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Last week I visited Nashville and Ottawa with the Health Select Committee to look at work on the electronic patient record in both countries and the work of the Canadian equivalent of our National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Posted at 10:04am Thursday 3rd May 2007
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I was concerned to learn from a casual meeting in Kidderminster last Saturday that a sentence in one of my previous articles in the Worcester News’ sister paper, the Kidderminster Shuttle, has been taken by members of the county cytology laboratory staff as criticism.
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