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THE Health Minister says he is standing by his decision to close The Limes nursing home after a Deputy claimed that there was a shortage of beds in the private sector.

THE Hospital has been criticised for not having a full-time dermatology consultant in place at a time when Jersey could be on the verge of becoming the skin cancer capital of the world. Speaking to the JEP on Friday, Deputy Jackie Hilton, who is a member of the Health and Social Services Scrutiny Panel, said the Hospital’s lack of a full-time dermatology doctor was a ‘serious cause for concern’.

PLANS are under way to replace the Hospital’s MRI machine – but the Health Minister has admitted that just one scanner might not be sufficient for the Island’s needs.

A FREEZE on pensioners’ tax allowance will go ahead and car buyers will pay higher anti-pollution charges following the approval of the 2016 budget in the States on Tuesday night.

HE has been training for over two years and can lift the equivalent of a small car – and now Christian Hilton is aiming to put himself to the test on the world stage.

HOME Affairs Minister Kristina Moore has said it is not ‘appropriate’ for her to comment on a police investigation into the death of a 16-year-old Victoria College student earlier this year.

THE Deputy Chief Minister has defended senior politicians’ stance of not getting personally involved in negotiations with trade unions over the public-sector pay freeze.

THE new £300 million hospital could be built on the People’s Park, the JEP can reveal, after it emerged that the Health Department has been in talks with senior St Helier officials.

FIVE teenagers arrested following the death of a schoolboy this summer are no longer being investigated for murder, the States police have confirmed.

THE JEP revealed on Saturday that the People’s Park was being considered as one of the potential sites for the new hospital.