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Successful amendment to Sentience Bill reassures those who work with animals

he new Animal Sentience Committee will now have to respect cultural traditions, religion, and heritage when scrutinising government policy following a successful amendment, which has been supported by BASC, to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. A group of 31 MPs proposed an amendment accepted by the government at the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience)… Read more »

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Ruger named top dog at Crufts

Flat-coated retriever Ruger was crowned overall winner of the BASC Gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2022. The Best in Show – Gamekeepers’ Ring winner Ruger – or Satinbaze Cracksman For Blacktoft to give him his full name, is owned by Helen Fox and was handled throughout the day and evening by her daughter, Megan. After a… Read more »

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Head of the BMA's GP committee says NHS reform is going too fast
GP leader calls for slowdown in NHS reform

The government must slow down its reform of the NHS, which has introduced “unproven, expensive and destructive change”, a doctor’s leader warned today. Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) GPs committee, said change was necessary to get the “best out of us” but warned that the top-down and speedy way in which… Read more »

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NHS chief executive warns of hospital closures but Tony Blair remains defiant
PM defiant as hospital closures predicted

Tony Blair has today refused to apologise for health secretary Patricia Hewitt’s remark that the NHS is having “the best year ever”. He was speaking after the acting NHS chief executive warned entire hospitals could be closed down because of the £521 million deficit facing the health service this year. Ian Curruthers, who took over… Read more »