Blaine Robin, the Conservative councillor for the Kursaal ward, has spoken out against Health Department plans to make nurses legally bound to inform patients of treatment errors. It was revealed in the Nursing Times last week that as part of the ‘corporate duty of candour’ proposed in the government’s coalition agreement, nurses could be...
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The new Liberal-Conservative government this morning published a document that sets out the policies to be implemented by the coalition. Speculation over how the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats would work together has been heated, and after a week’s intense negotiation, the plans on how the coalition will tackle the deficit, defence, political reform...
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Peter Welch, who ran as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Southend West in last week’s General Election, has spoken to Councilbust.com about the power sharing coalition between his party and the Conservatives. The new Prime Minister David Cameron has given several Liberal Democrats cabinet positions, whilst Conservatives have been appointed as health secretary, foreign...
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The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government has released a list of the policies the two parties have agreed to implement. Those policies are as follows. A Fair Start for Children Introduce a Pupil Premium to give all children a fair start. Fairer taxes and Economic Reform A substantial increase in the personal allowance...
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