Today, European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis officially inaugurates the kick-off meeting of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare (the Platform). The Platform will gather 75 representatives from stakeholders, NGOs, scientists, Member States, EEA (European Economic Area) countries, international organisations and EFSA … read more
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Croatia’s broadband scheme will bring faster internet to consumers and businesses that currently do not have it. It will help Croatia to put in place the necessary infrastructure for an information … read more
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy said: “The Commission has information indicating that Guess, in its distribution agreements, may ban cross-border sales to consumers. One of the key benefits of the EU’s Single Market is that consumers can … read more
Launch of the European Drug Report 2017 Today, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, together with Laura d’Arrigo, Chair of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Management Board, and EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel, … read more
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to leaked reports in the Health Service Journal said:
“With 48 hours to go until the General Election the true scale of the secret Tory plan for cuts and closures across the NHS has been revealed by the Health Service Journal.
“We now know if the Tories are re-elected on Thursday we’ll see hospital wards closed, waiting times growing, treatments rationed and staff cut.
“The fact that NHS bosses have described this as the ‘most extreme and difficult NHS finance process they had experienced’ and would ‘challenge the value basis of the NHS’ will make chilling reading for patients and their families who deserve the very best levels of care.
“Every single day the Tories are in power hospitals are being left to crumble, staff are being let down, waiting lists are growing and patients are being denied the care they need and deserve.
“Let’s be clear: these new, secret Tory plans will only be stopped by electing a Labour Government on Thursday.
“The NHS cannot survive five more years of a Tory government. That is why, Labour will pledge to bring the health service back from the brink with a multi-billion pound rescue package. The British people deserve nothing less.”
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· ‘Exclusive: New national savings drive will ‘challenge the values’ of NHS leaders’ [www.hsj.co.uk/topics/finance-and-efficiency/exclusive-new-national-savings-drive-will-challenge-the-values-of-nhs-leaders/7018461.article?blocktitle=News&contentID=15303]
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