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Change 'complex' vetting scheme for child workers, says chief adviser - The Guardian 26th October 2009
"The government's chief adviser on child safety is preparing to recommend key changes to controversial rules that make it compulsory for parents taking part in regular volunteering activity involving children to sign on to a new register.
In an interview with the Guardian, Sir Roger Singleton, the chairman of the Independent Safeguarding Authority, said it would be "foolish to blindly ignore" the wave of public concern about the Vetting and Barring Scheme amid fears it could deter people from volunteering for traditional activities."
Simpler child vetting rules pledged - The Guardian 26th October 2009
"Controversial rules on vetting parents and volunteers for activities involving children should be "simpler", the Government's chief adviser on child safety has said.
Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced a review last month of the Vetting and Barring scheme after it emerged that some parents who regularly took children to football matches faced fines of £5,000 if they failed to sign on to a new register."
Genetic testing companies face tougher regulation after Lord's hear some are 'totally useless' - The Telegraph 7th July 2009
Genetic tests that offer people the chance to check for inherited diseases should be subject to tougher regulation amid concerns the information they provide is "totally useless", a House of Lords committee has concluded.
NHS 'ill-prepared' for genetic testing - The Independent 6th July 2009
Genetic testing is set to revolutionise medicine but the NHS is ill-prepared to adopt it, a House of Lords committee has warned.
The capacity of science to tell people what diseases they are at risk from, and which drugs will help and which they will react badly to, based on their personal genetic make-up, promises better medical care in the future but will also impose heavy demands on doctors and increase costs.
Could patients who have gene-tests for deadly diseases lose life insurance? - Daily Mail 7th July 2009
People who undergo genetic tests to discover their risk of developing diseases such as breast cancer could be denied life insurance in the future, an influential panel of peers has warned.\n\nIt said that insurance companies could use the results to hike up premiums, even if the tests had been carried out years previously.
We must make it possible for genome to be harnessed by medicine - The Times 7th June 2009
When Dawn Primarolo, as a Health Minister, gave evidence to the Lords inquiry into genomic medicine, she said that for all its potential, most of the benefits it might have for patients remained at least a decade away.\n\nThe peers were diplomatic. "The minister's belief . . . contrasts with other evidence we received," they said. The verdict of Sir John Bell, a senior doctor, was blunter: "That's absolutely crackers."
NHS not ready to take advantage of breakthroughs in genetic sequencing - The Times 7th July 2009
The health service is not ready for an impending genetic revolution in medicine and requires urgent reform to turn scientific advances into better patient care, a parliamentary inquiry declares today.
The NHS needs to revamp its provisions for genetic testing, the training of doctors and nurses, and its IT and laboratory services, if understanding of the human genome is to deliver health benefits to its patients, according to a House of Lords report.
Call for tougher gene test rules - BBC Health News 6th July 2009
The private gene testing industry must be more tightly regulated, peers say.\n\nThe House of Lords Science and Technology Committee said a code of conduct was needed to stop bogus claims being made.\n\nThe report also said the tests, which predict the risk of disease later in life, needed to be more thoroughly reviewed before being marketed.
How regulators have improved performance in the public sector - The Guardian 5th November 2008
In a quiet basement room in Clerkenwell, on the fringe of the City of London, public scrutineers gather over a few plates of sandwiches to talk about what they do. Normally, this meeting to discuss the role of the professional scrutiny officer would be unlikely to set the world on fire - but we live in strange times.
Letters to the Telegraph - The Telegraph 28th October 2008
You report the problem of medical unemployment.\n\nMany of the unemployed doctors are newly qualified and have been prevented from entering the pre-registration period.\n\nThese doctors have undergone rigorous training and passed stiff examinations, often incurring heavy debts.\n\nThe registration of doctors is the responsibility of the General Medical Council, not the medical schools, which are responsible for the training of doctors and for setting their examinations.
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