• GP's forced to charge for appointments
    A new scheme has been launched which enables people to skip queues in GP surgeries and have an on-demand doctor visit them in their own home. Within 90 minutes. The only catch — it costs £120. The new ‘private primary care’ service, developed by GP Delivered Quick (GPDQ), involves people ‘booking’ a doctor via a smartphone app. They select a date and time for them to visit. Each consultation lasts around 25 minutes and the doctors are on call seven days a week between 8am and 11pm. But if you’re desperate to see a doctor, it’ll cost you. To book a 25-minute weekday consultation costs £120. For weekend visits, it’s £150. And for a bank holiday, £200! This immediately discriminates against those to whom 'smart phone apps' are not easily available i.e. pensioners , low earners, many disabled groups, homeless people, I'm sure you could add to the list. Equally it discriminates against the great majority of British people that would find £120 hard to find if they were too sick to work . Imagine a few quid elevating minor complaints above acute emergencies in an already stretched system - a tickly cough leaps to the head of the list above angina, feeling 'under the weather' trumps suicidal thoughts, severe headaches or abdominal pains. If you want what Theresa May promised - government that benefits all of us - please sign this petition for a health service that benefits us all without regard for wealth when ill. NHS doctors are for all of us and do a fantastic job under increasingly stressed conditions . BUPA & co are there for the wealthy. Please sign and let us keep that distinction- our lives may depend upon it.
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    Created by Mark Gibson
  • No alcohol in Parliament
    Firstly,I don't believe there should be alcohol in the workplace. Efficient working and alcohol don't mix.I have never worked anywhere where the staff are able to drink on the premises.(Clearly different rules might apply in the hospitality industry) Secondly,given the health consequences of alcohol consumption,it would give a very clear and positive message to the nation. I would point out that I am not anti alcohol,and enjoy sociable drinking on the right occasions.
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    Created by Tony Barrett
  • Keep Soho Safe!
    Soho is special. For many of us, it is our home and our community village. For others, it is a place where their artistic and creative talents can flourish. For London, it is a thriving area with the UK's best entertainment, restaurants and theatres. For the world, it is a cultural beacon, where different age groups, cultures and communities live side by side and enjoy life together.
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    Created by Councillor Paul Church
  • Reintroduce Driving and Topographical Knowledge Test
    1) Well being of PUBLIC SAFETY such we carry vulnerable adults (lone women drunken people male and female also children. Drivers are seeing their earning potential being progressively eroded to the extent that service levels and PUBLIC SAFETY are being undermined totally. 2)Therefore the drivers have to work longer hours or more just to make ends meet. As well as being bad for their health, lack of rest and sleep puts lives at risk and again PUBLIC SAFETY being put at risk. 3)Drivers aim, through negotiation, not only to improve their living standards (many of them earn less than half the minimum wage on a self-employed basis) but also to raise standards, raise the profile of the trade and improve community confidence in the service they offer to the public 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.
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    Created by WPHDA Wolverhampton Private Hire Drivers Association
  • Reinstate the 14C bus from Hangleton during rush hours
    This bus service is a vital lifeline for many residents of Hangleton, Goldsmid and Hove Park. It increases the freedom and independence of residents. This is why Hangleton & Knoll and Goldsmid & Hove Park Labour Party are calling for the reinstating of the number 14C bus from Hangleton during rush hours 7.00am - 9.00am and also 4.00 to 6.30 pm and on Saturday morning to the Old Steine.
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    Created by Jack Spooner
  • SAVE OUR NHS. TUC DAY OF ACTION
    The NHS is in a very critical state, The Tories despite their rhetoric are systematically destroying our health service. We all at sometime have to use the wonderful medical services that the NHS provide. We want an NHS that is owned and funded by the public 100%. We can no longer watch from the sidelines and see our most precious service die at the hands of those who wish to destroy it
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    Created by James Spooner
  • Stop Rushcliffe Borough Council fining the homeless
    Rushcliffe Borough Council have proposed plans to fine homeless people £100 under the 2014 "Public Space Protection Order". Rushcliffe Borough Council believe that the rough sleepers cause a "nuisance" to those who live locally. Fines can be increased to £1000 following non-payment of the original fine. The idea of fining those who already have so little that they are forced to sleep out in the cold is a cruel and heartless act. This is attacking vulnerable persons and does not aid in resolving the homeless issues. Other campaigns have successfully halted other councils from imposing similar fines. More info here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/37693295?client=ms-android-htc-rev
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    Created by Paula Sanders
  • Monitor kerbside air-quality on roads close to schools
    Recent research has established direct links between traffic derived air-pollution and impact on human health. Nobody benefits when the only air for breathing contains sooty particles -but young children are especially vulnerable. Its a fact that impaired lung-development, respiratory disease and reduced life expectancy are all a consequence of regular exposure to traffic fumes. Now its time to acurately measure just what is in the air around Welsh schools.
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    Created by John Butler
  • Save the art gallery at Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens
    Inverleith House, in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, has been a much-loved and deeply valued public arts space in Edinburgh for well over half a century, first as the home of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, then under the management of the Royal Botanic Garden itself. Given the importance of the gallery as an iconic location in Edinburgh, and a much-loved space both for the people of the city and for international visitors, it seems outrageous that the RBGE management should seek to close it at just a few days' notice, and without public consultation, apparently with a view to exploiting it for more commercially rewarding purposes. Yet the amount of public money invested in maintaining the house as a gallery over the years raises questions about whether the RBG management have any moral right to close it to the public in this way, or have any idea of the sense of loss that will be felt by tens of thousands of people, in Edinburgh and far beyond, who - because of the gallery's unique location - may in some cases have had their first-ever experience of modern art in these beautiful rooms. It is difficult to imagine any more appropriate use for this beautiful historic building than the one it has enjoyed over the past half century; and this petition asks all the key bodies involved - the Board and management of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Creative Scotland, Edinburgh City Council, Visit Scotland, and others - to come together, as a matter of urgency, to ensure that this beautiful building remains open to the public as an arts space and gallery, for the foreseeable future.
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    Created by Joyce McMillan
  • Pay the Roberts family the real value for their property
    Newtown Powys is having a bypass built and the Roberts family have had their home BLIGHTED due to how close the bypass will be once it's built. The property has not been valued correctly and has led to it being undervalued and a very poor settlement being offer. (The family have got an independent local company to value it and it shows that the land agents valuation is extremely low) The family are not asking for anything other than a true valuation of the home. All they are asking is to be treated fair.
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    Created by Kelly Price
  • The need for housing
    The fundamental mistake made by planners, at all levels, is that they assume that residential accommodation is automatically, a house. There is so much empty office space in all towns, large and small, which, if handed over to be used for residential use, would provide so much housing, usually without too much work required. Some towns are doing this, but it needs to be a national scheme. This, more often than not, is in town centres and if empty buildings could be converted for housing, thousands of people would become residents of towns that often need reviving. The residents would not need to commute by car to work, would use shops in the towns and contribute to the towns` economies as well as the Local Authorities through Council Tax.
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    Created by Charles Pollard
  • Free Bus pass for the over 60s
    This is important because I have had my pension delayed until I am 66. I now find being English I have to wait yet again until I am 66...
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    Created by linda Jones