From David Moon. IT does appear that Our Hospital has reached the last-chance saloon, with two factions supporting alternative solutions. One, promoted by Deputy Lyndon Farnham, the clinicians and Rock Construction, a monolith at Overdale which would dominate St Helier and St Aubin’s Bay and be served by a magnificent highway carved through Westmount to […]
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Staff shortages ‘could be driving productivity’ of Jersey's economy
STAFF shortages, which give businesses no other option but to innovate and automate, could be boosting productivity in the Island, the Economic Development Minister has said. Deputy Kirsten Morel spoke to the JEP following the release of Statistics Jersey’s latest report, which measures how the Island’s economy is faring. The report showed that overall labour […]
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Doubt cast on Overdale affordability
A RECENT review of the Overdale hospital project ‘casts sufficient doubt’ on the affordability and delivery of the scheme, the Treasury Minister has said. During a Future Hospital panel hearing yesterday, Deputy Ian Gorst reiterated that the project would have been unable to be completed within the budget agreed by the previous Assembly. Panel members […]
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Chief Minister-designate announces her preferred choices for ministerial roles
THERE could be up to seven new States members taking up ministerial positions next week after the Chief Minister-designate announced her preferred candidates to sit on the Council of Ministers. Deputy Kristina Moore has also selected four members from the previous government to work in roles beside her. However, those spots are not guaranteed and […]
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States to take some of the profits from sales of rezoned land
A PROPOSAL to introduce a ‘fair’ charging mechanism to recover some of the vast profits generated by the sale of rezoned land for development has been approved by the States Assembly. But Housing Minister David Warr has warned that the new legislation – due to be developed over the next two years – must not […]
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£2.8m transferred to Hospital after private-patient income drops
ALMOST £3 million has been transferred to the Hospital from the government’s General Reserve after private-patient income was lost last year due to staffing issues and bed-blocking causing delays. A number of private surgeries had to be cancelled at short notice because of staff sickness from Covid, while some patients who were medically fit to […]
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Double whammy for home owners
HUNDREDS of struggling homeowners were hit with a double blow yesterday after the Bank of England raised interest rates to their highest level in almost 15 years and warned that inflation would not fall as quickly as expected. The base rate was hiked by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5% – the 12th […]
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'A very thoughtful Christmas present from the government’s freedom-of-information team'
By Orlando Crowcroft IF you’re ever struggling to come up with gift ideas for an investigations editor in your life, I am going to do you a solid and give you three top-tier options: leaked documents, a nice salacious tip or a huge cache of data, easily convertible into a nice tidy Excel spreadsheet. So […]
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Jersey's Infrastructure Minister: Four-site plans ‘unlikely to cost less than Our Hospital’
JERSEY’S new healthcare facilities are unlikely to be any cheaper than the £800 million Our Hospital scheme, which was rejected partly amid concerns over its price, the Infrastructure Minister has said. Deputy Tom Binet admitted during States questions yesterday that the sharp rise in inflation, and the fact that the new project included more health […]
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Hospital and staff being treated as 'political football'
CONCERNS about using the hospital project as a ‘political football’, a lack of consultation and future-proofing have been raised by doctors at a public engagement meeting. Clinicians formed part of a 50-strong live audience for the live panel event on Tuesday evening, while other Islanders tuned in online and were able to pose questions to […]
