The government pushed ahead with its publication, despite reservations from the new health and social care secretary and NHS leaders.
Most of the bill’s proposals resulted from a detailed consultation exercise conducted by NHSE. However, the moves to give greater powers to the Department of Health and Social Care were introduced by former health secretary Matt Hancock and have been retained by his successor.
These proposals are widely opposed by NHS leaders.
NHS Providers chief Chris Hopson told a Westminster Health Forum event this morning: “We are very nervous [about a system in which ministers] have a power that enables them to dictate practical priorities such as funding and health priorities.”
NUJ leader MICHELLE STANISTREET explains the union’s priorities amid difficult times – including fairness for freelances, making the tech giants pay their way and tackling bullying of journalists
It would be the world s first national health system to do so.
By Diana Madson | Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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Hospitals are dedicated to patients’ wellness. Yet with energy-intensive buildings and a vast need for supplies, the healthcare industry contributes to climate change. And in turn, climate change can make health problems like asthma and heart disease worse.
“Everywhere you look, you can see climate change undermining or threatening to undermine the foundations of health,” says Doctor Nick Watts, the chief sustainability officer of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, known as the NHS.
The NHS intends to become the world’s first national health system to eliminate its contribution to climate change.
Officer kills woman who broke into house, fired gun inside, Clatsop County sheriff’s officials say
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Officers in Clatsop County killed a burglary suspect Monday, Dec. 28. A neighbor said this is the house where it happened.
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An officer killed a woman Monday who walked into a man’s unlocked home near Sunset Beach, barricaded herself inside a room that held several guns, then got onto the roof and waved a gun at officers, Clatsop County authorities said.
The woman died at the scene, according to a statement from the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officials didn’t name the woman or release details of how she died, though neighbors at the scene described hearing gunshots.