The cynics tell us there are "lies, damn lies and statistics"! Personally, I've always been interested in the power of numbers; and this factor certainly plays a large part in determining the make-up of Rochdale Council. Then, we are told that there are 30 million cars on our roads. Some might think a fair proportion of them use the A58 through Littleborough every day!
Eastleigh Borough Council's full council meeting motion on Moorgreen Hospital :-
In a very short sighted report the Strategic Health Authority Board has concluded that at least half the Moorgreen hospital site is surplus to requirements and even worst still in the long term the remaining older persons mental health services could be removed and the entire site shut to health care provision.
Kent hospitals are being told to delay routine patient appointments for eight weeks, otherwise they will not be paid for them, a new BBC report has revealed. The minimum period is being enforced by primary care trusts because a drive to meet government waiting time targets was costing too much money.
In response to increasing local concern about the future of much-valued community hospitals the Liberal Democrat group at Norfolk County Council has announced its plans to call for more action to be taken locally.
At Question Time in the House of Commons Lib Dem Leader Sir Menzies Campbell asked for a promise from the Prime Minister that there would be a Commons vote on Trident replacement. Many Labour MPs believe Trident should not be replaced or, at the very least, that serious alternatives should be examined fully. They also want a vote on it and they are angry at suggestions that Mr Blair has already made his mind up and will be announcing the government's preferred option - presumably replacement - before any Commons debate.
