The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry was set up following a proposal by Senator Francis Le Gresley that was backed by the States in 2011. It has been charged with investigating what went wrong in Jerseys care system in the years following 1945. It launched in April 2014 and the first public hearings began on 22 […]
Search results
Posted inNews
Doctors happier with a say on new set-up
Two representatives of Jersey’s Primary Care Body, which represents GPs, say that members of their organisation now feel like ‘equal partners’ when discussing the future of health care in the Island.
Posted inNews
Concern grows over troubled teenagers
As a result, the waiting list for non-emergency and non-urgent cases at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service has almost doubled in recent months and Health officials want more resources to deal with the surge in patient numbers.
Posted inNews
Families being let down by Health ‘again and again’
FAMILIES who need access to short-term respite care are being repeatedly let down by the Health department, according to a States Member.
Posted inNews
Crackdown call on the street drinkers
PEOPLE who drink and take drugs on the streets of St Helier should have their benefits cut if they refuse to seek help for their addiction, says a St Helier Deputy.
Posted inNews
Referendum: Public’s chance for questions
ISLANDERS are being given the chance to question the groups campaigning for the various referendum options at a series of public meetings.
Posted inNews
Deputy doubts the value of £1.4m street revamp
A ST HELIER Deputy has raised concerns over the economic viability of a £1.4 million scheme to transform a derelict part of Conway Street.
Posted inNews
Teenage mothers ‘need States community home’
STRUGGLING teenage mothers should be offered accommodation in a special ‘community home’ run by a ‘mothering mentor’ instead of being abandoned alone in States housing, a States Deputy has said.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
Help for young mothers
THE phrase ‘single teenage mothers’ invites unfortunate emotional responses that range from extremes of sympathy to outright hostility. But that must not mean that the way that Jersey helps and supports young parents should not be discussed in a sensible, calm and measured way. Credit is due, therefore, to Deputy Jackie Hilton for raising the issue.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
I will be very happy to hand over my tax affairs
IN just over five months I will, if all goes to plan, be a married woman. In a reflection of how I think modern equality can be balanced with traditionalism, I plan to take my fiancé’s name but am pleased to say that there will be no obeying and certainly no serving section to my vow, unless, that is, he is saying exactly the same thing.
