Minister launches war on doctors' fees
A MAJOR crackdown on local medical practices that fix prices could happen this year.
A MAJOR crackdown on local medical practices that fix prices could happen this year.
ISLANDERS could receive some free primary health care in the UK if they are visiting for more than 24 hours, following a new order given to GPs.
BY THE end of the week, Health and Social Services minister Hunter Adam and his political colleagues will know whether they have a chance of surviving a vote of no confidence in their mishandling of the department's finances.
THE Medical Officer of Health is quite right about the stark health inequalities between rich and poor in Guernsey. As Dr Stephen Bridgman points out, poorer islanders face a double whammy.
An eight-seat minibus you can drive on your car licence. There aren't many big people-movers remaining on the market for comparisons but it's a bargain, says Pete Burnard...
MUMS-TO-BE have been offered whooping cough vaccinations following an outbreak of the disease in the UK.
Following yesterday's announcement by bus operator CT Plus of a nine-point plan to improve the service it offers, today we'll be looking to see what people think of the plan.
IN TODAY'S Guernsey Press, we respond to a challenge from a former GP to 'show our workings' to explain how we justify an earlier claim that some doctors earn substantial sums from treating local patients.
ON FRIDAY this column welcomed the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities' interest in introducing competition to GP fees and quoted figures which suggested some of the salaries enjoyed by doctors under the current set up are lavish to say the least.
CONFIRMATION by the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities that they are to examine whether doctors' fees here are a form of anti-competitive cartel raises some wider implications.
ONE of the many reasons this newspaper and what might be termed the business lobby has consistently argued that government has to tackle its costs goes beyond what has already been identified as its financially profligate culture.
It's an Olympics year, but that doesn't necessarily mean that more than the usual sparks will fly in Guernsey. In his annual predictions for the year ahead, Neil Ross's old mate Emile wonders if the fabled torch will even get this far...
MARTYN OGIER claimed second place at the Weymouth Speed Week, which had the best winds the Guernseyman has experienced in the last three years.
A new doctor has started work at Eagle Medical Practice.
Formal moves by the Social Security Department to reduce the island's £14m. long-term sickness benefit bill is a welcome development, albeit sadly overdue.