Doctor charges set to fall as HSSD acts
THE cost of visiting a doctor could fall under proposals being considered by Health and Social Services.
THE cost of visiting a doctor could fall under proposals being considered by Health and Social Services.
APPEARING to attack the island's health system and the individuals who make it work is always fraught, especially for a newspaper that supports the free market.
WHEN government departments start looking to reduce the amount they spend, it is always useful to remember that the words used will be in code. So when Health and Social Services says it plans to cut out 'low-priority' drugs, therapies and treatments, it actually means this: we are starting to ration your health care.
HEALTH'S new electronic records system could be extended to GP practices, Health and Social Services has said.
'SMART' devices that constantly monitor driving habits are being launched by an international partnership involving JT.
DOCTORS will have to justify their charges in a landmark investigation by the regulator.
EPIC storms and gigantic waves did not stop a 5ft model boat made by American students completing a transatlantic voyage and arriving in Guernsey waters.
LET'S please see the sense for change. It was in the late 20s, some 80-odd years ago, that cannabis was made illegal. The reason for making it illegal was because the pharmaceutical companies and the oil companies considered cannabis to be a direct threat to their vast profits and success.
EVERY 24 hours, the Health and Social Services Department spends approaching £300,000, which equates to £616 every minute of an eight-hour day.
EVERY 24 hours, the Health and Social Services Department spends approaching £300,000, which equates to £616 every minute of an eight-hour day.
PERVERSE, dysfunctional and very expensive – if the PEH efficiency report published this week was critical, its authors yesterday took condemnation of HSSD's unique system to a new level.
FEW reports commissioned by the States, if any, can have been released with more of a raspberry than a trumpet fanfare.
Andy Smith and Emma Smart – and their 18-year-old Toyota Hilux, Bee-bee – are driving around the world, stopping occasionally to help out chosen charities. So far, we have followed their adventures in Scandinavia, Russia and Mongolia. The pair have now ventured into Africa, where Andy takes up the story...
PRIMARY CARE is committed to developing accident and emergency services in Guernsey, its directors have said.
IT WAS diplomatic. It was polite. But it was also direct. When it comes to safety standards at Accident and Emergency, don't listen to the Medical Officer of Health.