Dave Morris news, page 2


Blog: Everything changes, but nothing seems to progress

Blog: Two things continue to rattle me, having darkened my thoughts over the weekend, writes Dave Morris.


Blog: Pain of cuts will be felt across Shropshire

Ouch! The pain is going to be felt across Shropshire, writes Dave Morris.


Blog: A return to the good old days of education?

Blog: About time – that will be the reaction of many people to Government moves to improve discipline in the classroom, writes Education Correspondent Dave Morris.


Report shows rise in Shropshire hospital complaints

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have seen an increase in the number of complaints over each of the past five years, new figures show.


NHS trusts face cut in funding squeeze

Shropshire health chiefs have been ordered to make big cuts to management costs to help the NHS tackle a tough funding squeeze.


Huge backlog for hospitals

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have just a few weeks to clear a backlog of more that 3,500 patients to meet tough new Government demands.


Report finds fewer pupils are expelled

The number of Shropshire pupils permanently expelled from school is the lowest for 10 years, education watchdogs have been told.


County scores in ‘feel-good’ report

People in Shropshire get on so well with each other that the county is in the top five per cent of “feel-good” places in England, claims a new report today.


GP’s ‘worried well’ concern

A Shropshire GP today called for the immediate closure of walk-in medical centres branding them a “scandalous waste” of taxpayers’ money.


The Oak, Glyn Ceiriog

Reviewer’s rating: **** Dave Morris returns from honeymoon and keeps the romance alive with a meal in the lovely Ceiriog Valley near Oswestry.


Jab is safe claim after tests on girl

Health chiefs were insisting today that a cervical cancer vaccine was safe after a 14-year-old who died shortly after being given the jab was found to have had an underlying medical condition.


Care crisis cannot be ignored

We all had a dream of a long and healthy retirement. But it doesn’t always work out like that.


Pupils smash GCSE records

Shropshire teenagers smashed GCSE records again today, mirroring a national picture which has seen two thirds of exams awarded good grades.


Etzio, Whitchurch

Dave Morris samples the delights on offer at an Anglo-Italian bistro in north Shropshire.


Hospital boss answers back

Shropshire hospital boss Tom Taylor today hit back at stinging criticism from the leader of Telford & Wrekin Council and warned that attacks on the way things were being run could undermine public confidence.


Workers drink to ‘cut stress’

About half of workers in Shropshire and the West Midlands say they drink alcohol to relieve stress after work, with about a fifth saying they do so at least once a week.


Coping with more than cancer

Cancer affects a patient’s relationship as well as the patient. Today a new campaign is launched to try and help couples during a dark time.

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