On March 12th 2013 I sent a Freedom of Information request about the Private Finance Initiative-funded waste incinerator to Ian Hughes, Head of Democratic and Partnership Services at Calderdale Council. As of yesterday, I still hadn’t received a reply. Public bodies are … Continue reading
Calderdale NHS 38 Degrees members attended the Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) meeting in F Mill, Dean Clough, on Thursday 11th April. This is their report:
Calderdale Council has just sent me their refusal to provide information about the proposed Bradford/Calderdale Private Finance Initiative (PFI) waste incinerator and power station that I requested before the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) withdrew their … Continue reading
York Press reports that the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has just withdrawn Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding for waste incinerators/Combined Heat and Power generators in Allerton Park, North Yorkshire and Bradford. This is because EU … Continue reading
Digitech is central to NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans, says ex-Cerner Vice President turned NHS England Director. What fresh revolving door horror is this? Before he started his job at NHS England – pushing digitech as key to Sustainability and … Continue reading
Calderdale Council has awarded a new waste and recycling collection contract, with an estimated value of between £110,000,000 and £130,000,000, to a global company, SUEZ, that puts profits above the human right to water and other vital utilities, leading to … Continue reading
Here is Calderdale Trades Council’s response to the Consultation Survey on proposed changes to hospital and community health services. We do not agree with the proposed changes to hospital and community health services.
Deborah Harrington, National Health Action Party campaigner, provides some context for those who don’t get the point of the NHS Bill and think there is no problem with Labour not turning up to support it. The first problem of note … Continue reading
This is the 7th Plain Speaker report on the hospital cuts plans that are scheduled for public consultation, starting at the end of February. It looks at proposals for expanding Calderdale Royal Hospital into a 615 bed acute and emergency … Continue reading
Today Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group – last summer accused by the Chair of Calderdale Council Adults Health & Social Care Scrutiny Panel of swimming around in their own little goldfish bowl instead of openly discussing issues with the public – … Continue reading