Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council since 1996 and a Labour Party member since 1984 today told the AGM of the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation that he wants to see less beds in GM hospitals, including Tameside, one of the most deprived areas in the country, with some of the worst…
Greater Manchester Keep Our NHS Public today condemned the call by Manchester city council leader Richard Leese for local hospitals to have less beds. Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council yesterday told the AGM of the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation that he wants to see less beds in GM hospitals, including Tameside,…
Tameside Keep Our NHS Public konp.tameside@gmail.com is pleased to invite you to a Public Discussion: The NHS in Tameside Date: Thursday 26 May 2016 Venue: Rutherford Suite, 2nd floor, Hyde Town Hall Time: 6.30 – 8pm, doors will open from 6.15pm Our speakers will include: Dr Milton Pena, former NHS Orthopaedic Consultant at…
Devo Manc leaders seek private investment for NHS 16 MARCH, 2016 BY LAWRENCE DUNHILL in the Health Service Journal Council leaders in Greater Manchester have had “exploratory discussions” with private investors as they seek capital investment for the NHS. As part of the devolution programme, the region is looking at non-NHS sources of funding…
The announcements of NHS devolution plans and pilots for Manchester (Devo including NHS), Cornwall, Gloucestershire, North East Combined Authority, Liverpool and London came as a surprise to local residents. The most shocking part is that the plans were all agreed by senior – mainly Labour – politicians negotiating with the most cold-blooded Chancellor of the…
Greater Manchester has been at the forefront of the devolution of powers from Whitehall Councils in England must do a better job of telling residents about new powers they are being given by Whitehall, MPs have said. The government’s “devolution revolution” to councils includes housing, transport and planning. The Communities and Local Government Committee…
