November 6, 2007
Healthcare professionals with an idea which will benefit patients in the Bailiwick of Guernsey could win a scholarship of 3,000.
The money is being offered by the Insurance National insurance number uk Bursary to fund an original project.
Dr Lynn Harbottle, who won the bursary last year, the effect on patients of fish oils.
must be in by 14 October. Forms are available from the Department of Health and Social Services.
Other past projects included ideas for the of prostate cancer.
To be considered for the bursary applicants have to present their ideas to a panel of judges.
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October 24, 2007
An amnesty is under way in Kent to encourage people to hand in illegal off-road vehicles such as mini motorbikes, quad bikes and go-peds.
Police and Shepway council say they have received complaints from the public about noise nuisance and damage to parkland in the Folkestone area.
“We especially want to see the cheaper, more dangerous bikes handed in,” said Pc Jacqui Harris.
She said that to use the vehicles legally would cost up to 1,800.
They are classified as motor vehicles under the Road Traffic Act and need an MOT, insurance, road tax, registration document and number plates.
Riders should also have a driving licence and crash helmet.
Buzz boards
Police visited schools in the Shepway area before the summer holidays to explain to children about the dangers and consequences of riding off-road vehicles.
Trial bikes, quad bikes, electric scooters and buzz boards are all banned from public land, parks, pavements, bridleways, pathways and public roads
Vehicles can be taken to Folkestone police station until 6 August.
People who hand them in, and are not involved in anti-social behaviour over the summer holidays, are being offered a chance to visit a legal Motocross venue.
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October 22, 2007
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Germany’s grand coalition has reached a deal on funding the country’s health service, which has a budget shortfall of $10bn (8bn euros; 5.3bn) a year.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) reached the deal with their Social Democrat (SPD) partners in a seven-hour negotiating session.
Up to now, German healthcare has been funded by compulsory public and private insurance schemes.
A new centralised fund will now receive money from employees and their bosses.
The new system of deducting contributions automatically from the payroll will not be introduced until 2009.
Funding pressure
The deal followed weeks of acrimonious argument in the coalition.
It has been viewed as a test of Ms Merkel’s leadership and her government’s stability.
Critics say it is a fudge and it still will not be enough to make up the shortfall in health funds.
Correspondents say the funding problem will get worse because Germany’s population is ageing. They say it is only recently that the introduction of prescription charges and consultation fees have begun to discourage frivolous visits to the doctor.
Germany has the third most expensive healthcare system in the world, after the United States and Switzerland.
Under the new system, Germany’s health insurers will receive a fixed sum out of the centralised fund for each policyholder. They will get an extra amount if they insure a large number of elderly and chronically ill people.
One controversial issue was a cap on additional health insurance premiums. The SPD emerged from the talks claiming victory on this point. In the future, if health insurers want to impose an extra premium on policyholders, it will be capped at 1% of household income.
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October 13, 2007
A man who nearly died in a crash while riding a mini motorbike is joining a roadshow which aims to get people to drive the machines legally.
Lee Hall was untrained, unlicensed and uninsured when he crashed in January while riding with no helmet on.
The 20-year-old was left in a coma and with a burst artery after being hit by a car in Joys Green, in the Forest of Dean.
He is showing photographs of the crash at the event in Cheltenham.
It has been organised by Gloucestershire Police and the county’s road safety unit.
Possible prosecution
After having 95 stitches, pins inserted all the way up his leg and some of a bone removed, Lee has learned to walk again.
But for a long time his family feared he would have to use a wheel-chair for the rest of his life if he pulled through at all.
Lee, who lives near Coleford, said he wished he had had the benefit of the information available at the roadshow in Cheltenham before he decided to save up for a miniature motorbike.
“It’s great they’re doing this, hopefully it’ll stop people having to realise the dangers the way I did,” he said.
“I was used to riding off-road so I thought I was untouchable, the accident proved me wrong and that it’s very different being on the roads where there’s so much more to think about than in the woods.
Seize vehicles
“I don’t think I’ll ever ride again but if I could turn the clock back I’d have pushed the bike to where I was meant to ride it,” he added.
At the event in the Kingsditch Retail Park on Saturday, officers are explaining how to ride miniature motorbikes and other motorised bikes safely and legally.
Police in the county receive 20 to 30 calls each month from people complaining about off-road bikers causing noise and anxiety as they race around illegally and anti-socially.
Officers have the power to seize vehicles being used in this manner and the owners or their parents are responsible for the costs involved. These are a 105 removal charge, 12 a day storage and a 50 disposal fee.
Riders can also be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other road users and for not having a licence, MOT or insurance.
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