SONHSG news

25th March 2008. Latest news from the campaign to reinstate nurse Karen Reissmann.  To read more, click here.

15th February 2008. GPs accept Johnson's plan for extended hours.  GPs this week reluctantly accepted Alan Johnson's plans to extend out-of-hours GP services. Andrew Billson-Page asks what this means for relations between the government and the BMA, examines the limitations of the GP contract and asks what the future is for GP services. Click here for more.    

  2nd February 2008. Endometriosis campaign latest. The Petitions Committee of the

  Scottish Parliament have decided to approach the Scottish government to ask what specific

  actions it will take in response to our call to increase funding into endometriosis research.

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12th January 2008. Party leaders spell out their plans for the NHS.  Cameron, Brown and Clegg have put forward their proposals for the future of the NHS. The Save our NHS Group attempt to make sense of the political rhetoric. Click here for more.

    9th January 2008. Alan Johnson announces campaign to limit use of

  antibiotics.  In a move welcomed by the Save our NHS Group, the Health

  Secretary has recommended reducing the unnecessary overuse of antibiotics.

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   6th January 2008. Karen Reissmann update.  

  To read the latest from the campaign to reinstate

  Karen, click here.

4th January 2008. University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust aims to press ahead with further ward closure.  Although the Trust were forced into an embarrassing u-turn when they attempted to axe ward 11 in October, it now claims improvements in ambulance provision means the closure can safely go ahead. The Save our NHS Group elderly spokesperson, Len Edgar, assesses this claim.

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