A DEDICATED endometriosis clinic will streamline referrals for the debilitating condition and boost links with a specialist centre in the UK, according to an assistant health minister. Deputy Andy Howell confirmed that three new gynaecological consultants had recently been recruited who would help support the service. But Deputy Howell said she did not believe the […]
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Assisted dying debate to be delayed to February or March
A LANDMARK debate which could see assisted dying legalised in Jersey will not be able to be finished next week, as a scrutiny review panel has not completed its report. Deputy Louise Doublet, who chairs the Assisted Dying Review Panel, said that more time is needed to prepare a review into the proposed law, while […]
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Investigation into climbing frame after child faces “terrifying fall”
AN investigation has been launched into the safety of play equipment at Millbrook Park after a young girl broke both arms following a “terrifying fall” this weekend. The eight-year-old was left requiring surgery after breaking both arms whilst climbing at the park in St Lawrence on Sunday 5 October. Her mother, Kallen-Fay Le Liard, said […]
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Residency requirements to be removed for abortions
RESIDENCY requirements will be removed from the Island’s abortion legislation so that “potentially vulnerable or isolated” people in Jersey temporarily can access pregnancy terminations, after States Members overwhelmingly backed an amendment. In November, the assistant minister with responsibility for women’s health issues, Deputy Andy Howell, put forward plans to update Jersey’s abortion legislation to enable […]
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Health Minister rejects call for ADHD hub for patients
THE Health Minister has rejected a recommendation to set up an ADHD hub where patients can receive advice or collect medication due to what he said was a lack of funding coupled with a shortage of “trained professionals”. Deputy Tom Binet’s comments follow a report from the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel, which reviewed […]
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States vote against extension of studying modern languages
STATES Members have voted not to extend the requirement for Jersey pupils to study at least one modern language, other than English, from the age of 14 to 16. A key part of the proposition by Deputy Montfort Tadier to change the Island’s policy on language teaching for GCSE students was scuppered when an amendment […]
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Business leaders sound alarm over falling birth rate
STARK new statistics showing its plummeting birth rate should be a wake-up call for government, business and society, the Chamber of Commerce has said – warning that Jersey is rapidly becoming a “smaller, older island”. Published last week, the latest Births and Breastfeeding Report showed that there were 720 births to Jersey-resident mothers recorded in […]
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Cataract patients faced multiple cancellations
PATIENTS waiting for cataract operations faced multiple cancellations as a result of microscopes used by the Ophthalmology Department being temporarily out of service, it has emerged. The JEP spoke to two Islanders who were due to have private operations in mid-August. Both patients were contacted the previous day with news of the procedure being postponed […]
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Women call for gender pay gap reporting to be enforced
THIRTY-TWO influential businesswomen have written to States Members urging them to support a proposition requiring private-sector companies to publish their gender pay gap. Primary signatory Kate Wright, cultural change specialist and founder of The Diversity Network, has also invited all 49 politicians to a Gender Pay Gap Round Table discussion in early June. The letter […]
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Campaigner slams assisted dying law as “barbaric” for not going far enough
A PRO-ASSISTED dying campaigner has branded Jersey’s draft law as “absolutely barbaric” – warning its eligibility criteria would exclude Islanders facing years of severe suffering without a terminal prognosis. Published this week, the proposed assisted dying legislation detailed who would qualify for assisted dying, how the process would work, and what safeguards would be in […]
