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Council snooping must be stopped, Home Office admits

The use of anti-terrorism surveillance powers for snooping by local councils will be put to an end, the Home Office has said. The use of high-tech surveillance powers meant to fight terrorism and serious offences should not be used for trivial crime, such as “dog fouling or bin crime,” home office minister Vernon Coaker told… Read more »

Hospital planning ‘a ticking time bomb’

More than 50 per cent of English hospitals are unprepared for next year’s 48-hour working week deadline, according to research by the Royal College’s of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and Surgeons (RCS). Only forty-nine per cent of anesthetic and 42 per cent of surgical rotas are in compliance to meet the European Working Time Directive (WTD) deadline,… Read more »