• £15ph minimum pay for all NHS employees
    The NHS is under a constant growing strain, with all members from all areas of the MDT feeling the push and are having to work twice as hard to meet with the ever-growing need, and let's face it these people's are saving lives...., missing out on there quality family time so they can keep your family's happy by giving you the gift of more time with your loved ones, these people are constantly training to update there skills spending hours of studying to help improve new way of helping us in the future. Yet some of these people are payed less then someone that could be found stacking shelves at your local supermarket. I believe all NHS workers should receive a minimum of £15ph.
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  • USS must show its workings
    The current valuation of the USS pension scheme is critically important to its members, as the results may well lead to significant benefits cuts or large contribution increases. The assumptions and methods that USS have used in their valuations are causing huge amounts of controversy, and led to the biggest strike in higher education for a generation. The 'Academics for Pensions Justice' campaign, resourced through donations by 2,000 USS members, are demanding that USS provides full disclosure of the data, assumptions and modelling approach underpinning the 2017 valuation. It is imperative that those wanting to scrutinize the workings, including the Joint Expert Panel established in the wake of the strike action, are able to do so. The current lack of transparency is indefensible and should be of huge concern to all USS members, who have every right to see the workings behind any figures USS produces and need to be sure that any claims of unsustainability are put under proper scrutiny.
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  • Back Seni’s Law
    Thornton Heath resident Seni Lewis died in a mental health hospital after he was pinned face-down by 11 police officers until he stopped breathing. We must stop the use of excessive force that killed Seni and too many other mental health patients like him. Steve Reed MP is bringing a new law to Parliament. It will create accountability and transparency in the mental health services and tackle the unconscious bias that means too many members of our black community are treated differently. No one else should suffer like Seni did, and every citizen from every background should feel safe when using NHS mental health services. We need YOUR help to get Seni’s Law onto the statute books. Show your support for Steve Reed’s new law by signing the petition and asking your friends and family to sign too. We’ll keep you in touch with the campaign. Together, we can make our mental health services safe and equal for everyone. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/public38/images/mp.gif
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  • Failure to ensure accurately declared provenance of Freemantle 2015
    “It is the responsibility of everyone involved to ensure that the published record is an unbiased, accurate representation of research.” [X1] The failure of the Freemantle 2015 study's provenance, published in the BMJ in September 2015, to be accurately declared has been demonstrated by a significant body of evidence detailed below. As a result the study in its current form is misleading to readers. This failure to accurately declare the study's provenance has been exploited by both Jeremy Hunt and the Department of Health, who have repeatedly cited this study as 'independent' when using this study to justify their controversial 7 day NHS reforms. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has not to date, responded to a detailed complaint, which outlined the detailed evidence listed below which accurately details the study’s provenance. The BMJ is as an internationally respected institution and has a pedigree for quality of academic research worldwide. BMJ publications which originate from, or exert a profound influence on, government health policy should accept the same level of scrutiny, no matter the results of the study. A failure to accurately declare a study’s provenance is not adequate, whether this relates to the role of the pharmaceutical industry or any other organisation. X1. PLoS Medicine Editors. An unbiased scientific record should be everyone’s agenda. PLoS Med2009;6:e1000038. The petition is supported by Dr Benjamin Dean, Professor Trish Greenhalgh, Professor Alastair Hall, Dr Phil Hammond, Dr Rachel Clarke, Dr Johann Malawana, Dr Lauren Gavaghan, Dr Dominic Pimenta, Mr Simon Fleming, , Professor David Colquhoun, Dr Zoe Norris, Dr David Wrigley, Dr Dagan Lonsdale, Dr Taryn Youngstein, Dr Jeeves Wijesuriya, Dr Louise Irvine, Dr Kambiz Boomla, Dr Jackie Applebee, Dr Anna Livingstone, Miss Stella Vig, Dr David Nicholl, Dr Jonathan Sturgeon, Dr Ben White, Professor Chris Oliver, Dr Philippa Whitford MP Appendix of background and evidence - The BMJ published this Freemantle study in 2015(1) - It stated “This article arose from a request by Bruce Keogh to update our earlier analyses with more recent data” and did not mention any role of NHS England or NHS England’s CEO Simon Stevens in the commissioning of the study - The Freemantle study has been widely, publicly cited on multiple occasions as an ‘independent’ study by the Department of Health and Jeremy Hunt(7,8) - Bruce Keogh’s testimony from the Health Select Committee in 2016 states: “One of the challenges that Simon asked me to do was to go back and look at more recent figures to see whether the mortality still prevails”(2) - The BMJ published an erratum in March 2016 which failed to mention the role of Simon Stevens in the origin of the study9 and a Bruce Keogh letter also failed to make clear the full origin of the Freemantle study(10) - Letters published subsequently in the BMJ have provided further sources of evidence confirming the precise context and origins of Freemantle 2015 (3,11) - An email sent on the 3rd February 2015 by a Deloitte employee to officials at NHS England including Bruce Keogh reveals the involvement of Deloitte and Simon Stevens(3). The main questions arising from this meeting involving Stevens, Keogh and Deloitte included ‘What is the clinical case for seven day services, especially re mortality?’ and the resulting action was documented as ‘Bruce agreed to have the mortality analysis from 2008 updated’. - The BMJ Editor Fiona Godlee stated in August 2017 “The BMJ to which the authors have responded. They have said that this was not the case. The letters can be viewed on our website.” - The ICMJE guidelines on conflicts of interest are clear and state "Are there other relationships or activities that readers could perceive to have influenced, or that give the appearance of potentially influencing, what you wrote in the submitted work?" - The BMJ’s own guidance on provenance states ‘who had the idea for the article’ - The Oxford Dictionary defines commission as “An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.” 1. Freemantle N, Ray D, McNulty D, et al. Increased mortality associated with weekend hospital admission: a case for expanded seven day services? BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2015;351. 2. Hall A. Rapid response by Professor Alastair Hall BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2015;http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4596/rr-41. 3. Dean BJF. Further evidence relating to the study's background emerges. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2016:http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1762/rr-1760. 4. Rimmer A. Watchdog warns pay review body over use of unpublished seven day working data. BMJ Careers. 2017;http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/Watchdog_warns_pay_review_body_over_use_of_unpublished_seven_day_working_data. 5. Hunt J. Hunt response to Hawking. Guardian. 2017;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/27/stephen-hawking-nhs-wrong-policy-jeremy-hunt. 6. Hunt J. Hunt Tweet re Freemantle 'most comprehensive'. Twitter. 2017;https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hunt/status/898666809456566274. 7. Hansard. Jeremy Hunt questions. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm151013/debtext/151013-0001.htm#15101344000004. 2015. 8. DH. Department of Health summary of weekend effect evidence. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-into-the-weekend-effect-on-hospital-mortality/research-into-the-weekend-effect-on-patient-outcomes-and-mortality. 2016. 9. Increased mortality associated with weekend hospital admission: a case for expanded seven day services? BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2016;352(i1762). 10. Keogh B. Bruce Keogh rapid response 71. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2016;http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4596/rr-71. 11. Dean B. The full political context was not adequately declared. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2016;http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1762/rr.
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  • Nobel Peace Prize* WITHDRAW THE AWARD from Aung San Suu Kyi
    You cannot and should not be socially, spiritually and professionally elevated by an award that represents all things in conjunction with 'peace'..when your actions are as far removed from the word and it's meaning as is it possible to be.
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  • Stop the inhumane deportation of Dale A McIntier
    Sandra McIntier is severly disabled and requires round the clock physical and mental care. If her husband was deported it would have devastating affects on her. Dale McIntier would suffer extreme mental health issues if he had to leave his wife without the love and stability that she needs. It would hurt our government purse to deport Dale. Tax payers would have to pay for his flight home and also round the clock care for Sandra. It makes no sense to deport a beloved husband who is a wonderful part of the community.
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  • IN MEMORY
    FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FAMILY FOR THE MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND FOR REMINISCENCE FOR LEARNING FOR HEALING FOR LOVE.
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  • Cabinet Minister for Disability
    Care & Disability deserve a place alongside Health and Education as one of the great offices of state. The UN recently described the plight of people with disabilities in Britain as a “human catastrophe”.The Equality and Human Rights Commission says disabled people are second-class citizens. Hit by cuts and a punishing assessment system many people with disabilities are in the fight of their lives. They feel marginalised and humiliated. We need a new approach and the best place to start is at the top. A junior minister in the DWP is the wrong person in the wrong place. Ask party leaders to show their commitment by appointing a Cabinet Minister. Sign the petition.
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  • Free SDR operations for children with c p
    This operation is a step change and it is available in the uk. It addresses the cause of spasticity/ in children with cerebral palsy. It could offer them the opportunity to walk, live a normal and pain free life.currently this is NO LONGER available on the NHS. The op costs 21k. Families through out the uk Are being made to raise this themselves or watch their children live in pain.
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  • We support David Kiff and Wanwan Qiao's right to stay in the UK
    This is important because the government should not be able to force a family to relocate especially if one spouse is married to a UK national. This puts stress on the expectant mother and is completely unacceptable. We support her right to stay in the UK.
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  • Ban all single use plastic
    Plastic is polluting our seas and filling out landfill sites
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  • We demand a public meeting to discuss the plight of the homeless in Wrexham
    The issue of homelessness has escalated locally, with an estimated 61, people sleeping rough locally as of October 2016 (roughly 20% of the total estimated rough sleepers in Wales). As a result of the inadequate services available some people have set up an encampment in the grounds of the former Groves school, a listed building. This building is close to residential housing and the camp is of concern to local people who fear that hygiene and safety practices are compromised. The individuals living on the site and elsewhere in Wrexham are in desperate need of a long term solution. In the short term there needs to be regular emptying of the skip and portaloo that the council have provided and access to the site in the event of an emergency. There are many groups and individuals in the area taking an interest in this issue and it is only fair that they are all able to hear the council's response to these issues in the interest of openess and transparency as should be expected from our elected representatives.
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