Super-GPs earn up to �500,000 a year
Saturday, April 17th, 2010A DOCTOR who has earned more than �1m from the NHS over two years is revealed today as one of the wealthiest among a new breed of super-GPs created under Labour.
Philip Johnston gets a whiff of Java
Monday, July 13th, 2009Philip Johnson writes in the Telegraph about ‘the database state’ and how evil it is. It feels like is has had a whiff of coffee and is waking up. What he REALLY needs are some smelling salts : Beware Labour’s quest for a database state There’s no reason why the Government should know so much about us, argues Philip Johnston. By Philip Johnston Here is a good idea. Instead of handing over personal information to the state, why don’t we keep it and control it ourselves? Indee
An apple a day keeps the Google away
Monday, July 6th, 2009Leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron, has revealed plans that would encourage UK residents to store their health records with Google or Microsoft, the Guardian report today.Google Health and Microsoft Health Vault, currently operating across the pond, allows users to store their medical info securely online and gives control back to the patient.The plans come as a criticism of the central database planned by Labour which is not due to be ready until 2014, four years behind schedule.Th
Whitehall plans massive cuts
Saturday, July 4th, 2009TIMES ONLINEJonathan Oliver, Isabel Oakeshott and David SmithSecret “doomsday” plans for 20% cuts in public spending are being prepared by senior civil servants, who fear politicians are failing to confront the scale of the budget black hole.Whitehall mandarins have begun creating detailed dossiers containing reductions in expenditure that are far deeper than the more modest savings being proposed by Labour and Conservative politicians.The disclosure comes as Gordon Brown faces a mutiny insi
“Tories’ unfair GP plans do nothing for patients” - Johnson
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Alan Johnson MP, Labour’s Health Secretary, recently warned of the damage that would be dealt to hard-working families by David Cameron’s plan to scrap longer opening hours at GP surgeries. Mr Johnson was speaking just after a Labour election campaign visit to the Somerset Family Practice in Ealing, West London, where he met patients and doctors to highlight the choice at the polls between real help from Labour and Tory plans to cut services at the worst possible time. As part of a deal be
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