Health and NHS Leominster News North Herefordshire
14 March 2019 by
Green councillors are campaigning for substantial NHS investment in Leominster so the town’s cramped GP surgeries can relocate to a spacious new ‘Health Hub.’ A Project Board, which includes members from the two medical practices at Leominster’s Westfield Walk Health Centre, has identified a suitable site at Mill Street. The Green councillors – Jenny Bartlett, […]
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Big Green Conversation economy Equality GE2017 Health and NHS Housing Topics
12 May 2017 by Green Party Admin
Join us for a Big Green Conversation about the research on economic inequality and its effects on people and society, as shown in Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s book “The Spirit Level – why equality is better for everyone”. We’ll be exploring the connections between inequality, over-use of resources, and climate change – and thinking […]
Business Caroline Lucas Comment economy Health and NHS Jonathan Bartley National and global Public services Topics
8 March 2017 by Green Party Admin
You might have thought that there was no one left on a trolley in a hospital corridor. That our social care system wasn’t on its knees. That climate change wasn’t a crisis that threatens our very future or that there was no air pollution epidemic linked to the deaths of tens of thousands. This budget […]
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Comment Diana Toynbee Health and NHS Herefordshire Topics
10 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
With patients being asked to stay away from Hereford A&E, and dying after hours left in corridors in Worcester, local healthcare is in crisis. Hereford hospital is too small, its management recently taken over by South Warwickshire, a move which Jesse Norman MP said in November ought to be halted while consultation took place. I […]
Climate change Cycling Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics Transport
9 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
The news that Herefordshire Council has again failed to get funding to progress a bypass should make us all stop to think. Do we want to solve our traffic problems right now, or would we prefer to suffer another 20 years in traffic jams as we wait for them to find the money? Most of […]
economy Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Public services
3 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Come along for an upbeat evening workshop exploring the realities behind austerity on Wednesday 18th January at 7.30pm. This session will be presented by Charles Grimes of Positive Money, and is the first of the new year’s Politics & Ethics evenings at De Koffie Pot from our friends at Herefordshire Green Network. Every Wednesday evening […]
Health and NHS Herefordshire Topics
8 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
The Hereford Times is reporting today that those with minor ailments should not attend A&E in Hereford. During the last few days the emergency department at Hereford County Hospital has seen a spike in the number of patients treated and admitted with hip fractures, respiratory conditions and cardiac problems. People with injuries and conditions which […]
Climate change economy Health and NHS National and global Press releases Topics
23 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party co-leader and MP for Brighton Pavillion, has accused the Government of ‘shirking its responsibilities’ after today’s Autumn Statement. Lucas accused the Government of having ‘deeply skewed priorities’. She said: “Britain is drifting towards the stormy and unchartered waters of brexit with ministers refusing to reveal the route, or properly adjust the sails […]
Health and NHS Topics
17 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
It’s well worth watching and sharing this video again.
Comment Diana Toynbee Health and NHS Topics
14 November 2016 by Green Party Admin
It’s good to read in Bill Wiggin’s ‘Talking Point’ last week that he wants to stop our money being wasted on agency staff in the NHS. I agree with him that ‘it is important that the NHS is able to manage its staffing budget and is not privatised by agencies who pay far higher rates’. […]
