March 2016 saw the States approve HSSD’s breastfeeding strategy. I opened debate and my speech is below. Sir, I’m pleased to present the first breastfeeding strategy for Guernsey and Alderney. Sadly, it has taken longer to get here than originally directed by Deputy Burford’s successful amendment, for which we…
I made the following speech at the February 2016 States meeting. Sir, so here we have it, another strategy, but one that has an integral part to play in the transformation of HSSD. As the Plan makes it clear, it is just part, although an incredibly important part, of a…
I made the following speech at the February 2016 States meeting. Sir, Being not far short of 400 pages, this is a beast of a document but in my opinion a seminal work. It covers every aspect of the subject matter BUT, It is also a sad reflection of …
HSSD presented a policy letter to the States in July 2015, requesting funding for 3 areas: work required following the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Extraordinary review, recruitment and retention and finally children’s services. The NMC review arose following the very sad death of a baby in 2014 and concluded there were…
It became obvious to me very early on as a member of HSSD that the ageing demographic of Guernsey would result in growing pressures on the department in the next ten years. We want to be able to see people supported to be able to live independent lives as far…
This report was criticised by the Minister of HSSD as being neutral when; “It should pioneer, inform and shape the core a reas of health and social care strategy within our Bailiwick, especially bearing in mind the mounting pressures our Island faces in terms of emerging healthcare needs, plus the ageing demographic, where we…
I am pleased to have been a member of the HSSD Board that proposed the Tobacco Strategy for the next 5 years. Amongst the recommendations were the banning of smoking in cars with children present, the introduction of plain packaging and consideration as to whether there should be regulation of e-cigarettes. I…
As a former patron of GASP I have worked to prevent the uptake of smoking by children. However, I opposed an amendment laid by Deputy Bebb seeking to ban smoking near public buildings as it was not well drafted. My speech is below. Sir, I have to say when…
I made the following speech about the funding of health and social care during the debate on the personal tax and benefits review report. Sir, I just wish to focus briefly on recommendation 17 and more generally on the comments made about healthcare in this report. Throughout this report…
I made this speech during the debate on the Drug & Alcohol Strategy. I will be brief but I would just like to make 2 or 3 comments on what I think is an excellent report. What did strike me when reading this strategy was how many organisations were…