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BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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NHS consultants are offering poor value for money, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found, with pay awards not matched by improved patient care. Ministers have been substantially blamed for the failings of the consultant contract, negotiated in 2003, with the NAO claiming the Department of Health (DoH) under-estimated the work consultants do. The new… Read more »
The health secretary Patricia Hewitt told clinicians that they must lead reconfiguration in the NHS. NHS reform will only work if it is led and driven by clinicians, she told a conference of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE). Past experience has taught the government that reforms suffer when it attempts to drive… Read more »
