Category Archives: politics

One year ago, people slept the night outside County Hall in Truro to protest against Cornwall Council’s plans to cut the Supporting People budget. This funding previously supported many worthwhile projects to help vulnerable adults, including those at risk of … Continue reading →

If the Health and Social Care Bill is passed, public health will be devolved to local authorities from April 2013. A Health and Well Being Board is being established this year as a ‘shadow’ body preparing for the proposed new arrangements. In … Continue reading →

It’s rarely mentioned that the introduction of the Localism Bill (now Act) was preceded by Eric Pickles announcing the abolition of Local Area Agreements: ‘So today I am scrapping the existing Local Area Agreements… we are going to give councils what … Continue reading →

The latest survey of patients in Cornwall reveals high levels of satisfaction with GPs. From patients’ perspective, the Government’s ideologically driven top-down changes to the NHS make no sense. In so far as this Government has any democratic mandate, it was partly … Continue reading →

You know that game called Consequences, where names, what they said, and what happened next are compiled into random stories mostly to comical effect. Recently I discovered there is a similar game called Mad Libs, in which names and comments are … Continue reading →