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Public Dissatisfaction With NHS Grows
Public dissatisfaction with the NHS is growing, according to a new independent opinion poll. Almost as many people believe the Labour Government is responsible for the current state of the NHS as believe the Conservative Government is.
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Research Highlights Urgent Need For Regulation Of Britain's 'Compensation Culture'
Results of a MORI Financial Services survey issued today reveals that the emergence of a 'compensation culture' is already here and firmly embedded in the British psyche.
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Tory lead!!
MORI's poll for the News of the World published yesterday and conducted on Thursday and Friday puts the Conservatives ahead of Labour, the first poll (by any company) to do so since sterling crashed out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism eight years ago.
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Parents Have A Vital Role In Boosting Standards In Education - Blair And Blunkett
As parents send their children back-to-school Prime Minister Tony Blair and Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett joined forces to underline the vital role of parents as children's primary educators.
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Sex Education Lessons For Parents From fpa
fpa (formerly Family Planning Association) will today launch a new video called 'Talking to your kids about sex'. It is aimed at parents with children coming up to puberty and will provide information and advice on how to discuss sex with their children.
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Anna Kournikova And Berlei Drive Home Women's Breast Health Issues
Anna Kournikova international tennis star and face of the best selling Berlei Shock Absorber sports bra range, announced today that over half the women in the UK who regularly take part in sport are running the risk of irreversible damage to the breast by not wearing a sports bra. These surprising findings were revealed in a recent survey by MORI commissioned by Berlei.
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Babes and Sucklings
Thirty years ago this week, Parliament was dissolved, and the last Labour government to have a working majority went to the country to appeal for a renewal of its mandate to govern. There is no consensus of opinion on why Harold Wilson lost that election and Edward Heath won, but one widely-held belief is that the final critical swing in the last few days may have been caused by England's defeat by West Germany in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. A government was ejected from office because England lost a football match.
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Low Public Awareness Of Symptoms Of Arthritis
Despite the number of arthritis sufferers in Britain and the severity of their symptoms, a recent MORI survey found that fairly low proportions of the public are aware of this group of common conditions. Fewer than half (48%) of adults asked about the different types of arthritis mentioned RA, and only a third (33%) mentioned OA (5). When asked more closely about RA, only 5% of adults specifically mentioned inflammation, and only 11% mentioned aching joints in relation to osteoarthritis.