Alderney GP's ordeal must come to an end
SUPPORTERS of Alderney GP Rory Lyons will be dismayed to learn that his ordeal goes on.
SUPPORTERS of Alderney GP Rory Lyons will be dismayed to learn that his ordeal goes on.
Applications to the Environment Department, as published in the Guernsey Press.
ALDERNEY is spending thousands on trying to attract well-heeled private aviators to the island.
DOCTORS in Guernsey are not scared of competition that could come from proposals to scrap the cap on GP numbers, local British Medical Association spokesman Dr Brian Parkin said.
Public criticism is guaranteed in politics, but rudeness and abuse are a step too far in Peter Roffey's opinion. He has first-hand experience of the island's unique proximity to its politicians and believes it would be a disaster if online abuse led to a lack of candidates and less access to those willing to stand
A MANPOWER cap on the number of GPs will be scrapped, if deputies agree to Health and Social Services proposals next month.
DOCTORS' performances will be compared with each other under a new 'scorecard' scheme that aims to drive up standards.
CO-OP bosses would be 'keen to explore' opening a GP practice in Guernsey, but said more research was needed into the existing barriers of the market before it could commit.
OUTSIDE of the three GP practices, there will not be many people who read Cicra's report and see it, as they do, as a 'vindication' of the role of doctors in the primary healthcare system.
REMOVING the cap on the number of GPs could reduce prices.
QUESTIONS have been raised about the transparency of the A&E contract after the regulator could not find out what was happening to an estimated £1.7m. a year surplus for the company running the service.
WITH this Assembly half way through its political term, attention has inevitably turned to how well it is doing and whether it has yet earned the title of 'worst States ever'. The answer is no. It hasn't done enough yet for islanders to draw an informed conclusion.
BUSINESSES will need to commit to managing employee sickness to get people back to work quicker, an occupational health expert has said.
DIVING community hit as island's recompression chamber shuts; another local store closes its doors; businesses told to commit to getting employees back to work; and regulator backs plans to remove cap on GPs...
PROVIDING qualified doctors of a high standard does not come cheap, the local spokesman for the British Medical Association has warned.