UNCERTAINTY remains about whether Health and Social Services will delay the introduction of new services it had said would suffer if it failed to prevent its budget being cut by £2.35m.

DIAGNOSTIC tests could cost patients up to half a million pounds a year if the Health and Social Services Department’s budget is not amended at today’s States meeting, the Guernsey branch of the British Medical Association has warned.

HEALTH minister Hunter Adam has insisted there was no divide between the department’s officers and its board over an amendment it has placed to the 2012 Budget, but admitted the motion was political.

SOMETHING about the Health and Social Services Department’s plea to be let off finding all the economies requested by Treasury and Resources because it has been such a good boy already really does not ring true.

A HEALTH and Social Services mental health survey has helped to raise awareness and encourage the next steps in introducing a mental health strategy, according to Guernsey Mind’s senior advocacy liaison officer.

SUPPORTERS of a motion trying to delay debate on plans to redevelop Maison Maritaine and Longue Rue House have been accused of trying to ‘torpedo’ the proposals at the last minute.

LOCAL data is not robust enough to demonstrate how much money a bowel cancer screening programme could save long-term, according to Health and Social Services.

A COMPREHENSIVE mental health strategy is needed, according to leading campaigners.

AROUND 800 snags were handed over with the new clinical block at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

HEALTH and Social Services will this year put a stop to its runaway expenditure, its new chief officer has pledged.