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CQC Report on Royal Cornwall Hospital
Frontline staff deserve more support, George Responding to today’s CQC report on RCHT, local MP and member of the Commons Health Select Committee, Andrew George, said: “This shouldn’t be interpreted as a criticism of frontline staff. They go the extra mile in extremely difficult and stressful circumstances and work under the most intense pressure to […]
Newspaper Column – The Voice – 25/08/25
Fewer than 5% of all migrants to the UK arrive in ‘small boats’. Those far-right politicians who seek to divert attention from mainstream issues to stoke fear about this would prefer you not to know that three quarters of these undocumented migrants have their asylum/refugee claim upheld; and that the UK receives a smaller proportion […]
Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 21/08/25
It’s easy to mock hapless Rupert Lowe MP for demanding that Cornish charity rowers be apprehended as illegal migrants, but it’s an inevitable consequence for far-right politicians like him and their many media promoters, who seize opportunities to bang on about small boat migration in everything they see. Though stories, and yet more new government […]
Newspaper Column – The Voice – 20/08/25
Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have been let down. To be fair, the present government inherited an appalling situation. The stories I’ve heard are shocking – of failure, delay and neglect, from families, carers, and educators. They illustrate that our children are being let down by a system that is overstretched and underfunded. We must put this […]
Newspaper Colum – The Cornishman – 11/08/25
Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have been let down. To be fair, the present government inherited an appalling situation. The stories I’ve heard are shocking – of failure, delay and neglect, from families, carers, and educators. They illustrate that our children are being let down by a system that is overstretched and underfunded. We must put this […]
Newspaper Column – The Voice – 13/08/25
Resolving the acute shortage of registered nurses is central to restoring our NHS. It’s important the Government’s soon to be published Workforce Plan plots a path to recovery, after a decade of decline under the previous lot. Finding a way of improving pay and conditions is vitally important. But the stress of nurses being forced […]
Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 12/08/25
Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have been let down. To be fair, the present government inherited an appalling situation. The stories I’ve heard are shocking – of failure, delay and neglect, from families, carers, and educators. They illustrate that our children are being let down by a system that is overstretched and underfunded. We must put this […]
Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 07/08/25
Resolving the acute shortage of registered nurses is central to restoring our NHS. It’s important the Government’s soon to be published Workforce Plan plots a path to recovery, after a decade of decline under the previous lot. Finding a way of improving pay and conditions is vitally important. But the stress of nurses being forced […]
Newspaper Column – The Voice – 06/08/25
Parliament is in recess till 1st September. So, MPs have a chance to attempt a catch up on constituency business. It’s also great to secure a little more family time. I can focus on the many domestic functions I’m proud to perform, including general dogsbody, man-slave, and top clown in the children’s entertainment department. And […]