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  • 03/09/2008 Temporary Exemption on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a 12 month 'holiday' from Stamp Duty Land Tax on property purchases worth not more than £175,000.
  • 04/08/2008 Number of Patients starving on NHS Wards doubles in 2 years The Conservative Party have recently obtained figures showing that the number of errors made in NHS Hospitals nationwide relating to poor nutrition has doubled in 2 years from 15,000 in 2005 to over 29,000 in 2007 – an increase of 88%.
  • 17/07/2008 Hospital Trusts must do more to improve the Provision of Maternity Care A recent Healthcare Commission found that staff shortages, inadequate training, a shortage of consultants and inconsistent training has led to increasing rates of complaints of bad experiences and more worryingly life threatening or maternal deaths. Of particular concern is that antenatal standards for mothers whose pregnancies were likely to be more risky are not being followed.
  • 16/07/2008 60,000 medical blunders in last 18 months The National Patient Safety Agency has found that 60,000 medical accidents have been reported by a variety of different healthcare providers over the last 18 months up to June 2006, at an estimated cost of £777 million a year.
  • 25/06/2008 "Supersurgery" Protest The British Medical Association has delivered a petition to Downing Street, signed by more than one million patients apposing the Government’s plans to introduce new supersurgeries.
  • 09/06/2008 Road Traffic Accidents involving Children
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  • 30/05/2008 Death Rates following surgery to be published Bruce Keogh, the NHS medical Director has recently indicated that patients will soon be able to compare the performances of different Trusts on the NHS Website.