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Former HSSD minister queries delay of health care review

THE former Health and Social Services minister has questioned why the new board has delayed a Health Care Review report from being debated.


Cancer charities hope ‘good work’ will lead to rate of disease falling

CANCER charities are hopeful that with the amount of awareness and support work being carried out, Guernsey will see a reduction in the disease in the coming years .


Football stars at unveiling of first public-access defibrillator

GUERNSEY’S first public-access defibrillator was unveiled yesterday by a football star whose life was saved by one.


Smoking ban fails to halt lung cancer rise

EVIDENCE has emerged that Guernsey’s smoking ban in public and workplaces has struggled to contain lung cancer rates.


Cancer rates shock

CANCER rates in Guernsey dwarf those in Jersey and the south-west of England, latest figures have revealed.


States-run A&E could make £2m. profit, claims HSSD critic

HEALTH and Social Services could make a £2m. profit per year if it ran the accident and emergency service in-house under a revised model, one States member believes.


£1m. a year profit for firm giving A&E cover

PROFITS of approaching £1m. a year are being made by the private company providing the island’s accident and emergency service, according to consultants employed by the States.


Complaints would be sign A&E service is failing – HSSD minister

IF the hospital’s accident and emergency service was in any way failing then the company which provides the service and Health and Social Services would receive more complaints, the department’s minister has said.


A&E cover company ‘is being paid in triplicate’

A PRIVATE company providing the island’s accident and emergency cover appears to be being paid three times to do so, it has emerged.


Deputy faces code of conduct complaint over A&E comments

MEMBERS of the Policy Council have complained to the States Code of Conduct Panel about Deputy Mike Hadley’s claim that lives are at risk in The Princess Elizabeth Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.

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