BSG Monitor
The BSG's public affairs advisors send us a digest of political activity each week. This includes parliamentary questions and answers, new consultations and key media stories. This is available to all members on this page, which is updated weekly. Previous issues are also available below:
Latest Issue:
BSG MONITOR 08.02.10 [ 331 Kb ]
Westminster
Government
- Brown outlines plans for National Care Service
- Obesity admissions rise by 60% in a year
- Department publishes review of health inequalities
Parliament
- Ministerial Statement: Out-of-Hours GP Services
- Oral Questions to the Home Department: Underage Drinking
- Written Question: Alcohol misuse
- Written Questions: Cancer and Alcohol
- Written Questions: Liver Disease
- Written Question: Nutrition
- Written Question: Liver Diseases
- Lords Written Question: Product Placement
Opposition Parties
- Cameron accused of wrecking care talks
- Liberal Democrats call for cuts to NHS NPfIT
Northern Ireland
- Public Accounts Committee finds health improving but diabetes rising
- Alcohol and drug abuse a priority from McGimpsey
Scotland
- Labour to launch alcohol commission
- Calls for Sturgeon to resign
Stakeholder
- Study finds exercise cuts risk of gallstones
- Unite warns of 'Trojan Horse' privatisation of NHS
- MySupermarket reveal continuing alcohol discounting
- 98% of food intolerances are imaginary
- Teenage girls eat less healthily than any other group
- 'Genetic hotspots' could help to treat bowel cancer
- Cancer patients in rural areas call for localised services
- Radical change needed in care services
- NHS managers rise at the same rate as doctors
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