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Don’t move to Cambridge if you have an illness
Dr Mary Archer chairs Addenbrooke's Hospital Best not to move to the Cambridge area if you have an illness, and goodness knows how incumbent residents will cope as GPs in the area have been told to send fewer people to hospital and use cheaper drugs. It follows £28...
My maiden speech – and it went brilliantly!
My first post on this blog was about my fear of public speaking and how I desperately wanted to overcome it. And last night I did it! I made my maiden speech at Cambridge Speakers Club. And it went really well, it went brilliantly in fact, and today I feel 10ft tall....
Will the UK introduce a Neighbourhood Court?
Ramsey Street has its fair share of neighbourhood problems I am fortunate to have great neighbours. I could not bear the thought of us having disputes over petty issues - but some do and it can cause considerable stress and bitterness. How are they resolved? They...
Should overseas staff type our medical notes?
Hospitals are still continuing to look to India to type up medical notes, despite fears that patients' safety could be at risk through mistyping or misinterpretation. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is the latest to outsource thousands of patient letters...
Conservatives, women and domestic violence
Pocket Opera Fund-raising prosecuting solicitors Debs and Shelley Barbara and Claire helping victims of domestic violence Domestic violence is a subject most people never give a second thought to. It is something that happens to someone else and anyway, if they don't...
My concerns about a smacking ban
Support has doubled for the Government to ban smacking, with 170 cross party MPs in favour. There is also growing international pressure for a smacking ban. It would be interesting to know what effect this has had on parenting in countries where the ban is enforced,...
Conservative women have fire in their veins
Theresa May in those famous shoes Wannabe MP Dawn Parry, chairman of Banwell Conservatives, North Somerset Wannabe MP Zoe Wheddon, teaches in Hampshire Tory women mean business, they are getting their act together. And there is no shortage of them wanting to stand as...
Women and 21st Century Politics
Will Theresa pass Carol's critical opinion? I shall he heading off to Westminster soon to listen to Theresa May speak on "Women & 21st Century Politics". It is a joint parliamentary reception given by Conservative Future and the Conservative Women's Organisation...
I want real bobbies on my street
Policing on the cheap How can people be fooled into thinking that police community support officers deter crime? They have no real powers, yet the Home Office believes this is the answer to their prayers. Norfolk police have been given an additional £1 million to...