A DEAL has been negotiated with two UK-based fertility clinics to offer “lower rates” for around 90 government-funded cycles of in vitro fertilisation per year. Deputy Lucy Stephenson – who last year lodged a successful proposition to improve fertility funding in the Island – recently asked the Health Minister to provide an update on the […]
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Affordable housing projects could be exempted from public art policy to ensure they remain affordable
LARGE affordable housing projects could be “let off” from a requirement to contribute around 1% of construction costs towards public art to ensure they are “as affordable as they possibly can be”, the Environment Minister has said. Deputy Steve Luce told politicians there were no current plans to reform the Bridging Island Plan’s “percentage for […]
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Complaints lodged against seven States Members over St Peter’s Technical Park
SEVEN States Members have been named in a formal complaint to the States of Jersey Complaints Board, it has emerged. Several senior politicians including Health Minister Deputy Tom Binet, Environment Minister Steve Luce and Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham have been criticised by Paul and Sally Wood for alleged failures in their handling of a long-running […]
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Deputies probe Health Minister’s possible conflict of interest
ILL-FEELING between politicians who were on opposing sides during last month’s political turbulence remained evident as this week’s States sitting. Health Minister Tom Binet was put in the spotlight by Deputy Lucy Stephenson over potential conflicts of interest involving a charity and compensation payments for a land dispute. Deputy Stephenson, a close ally of former […]
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IVF proposals: Some couples will lose out on funding, says Deputy
SOME couples in need of financial support for IVF treatment will lose out under new eligibility criteria proposed by Health, a backbencher has warned. Deputy Lucy Stephenson, who has personal experience with infertility and is a founding governor of the fertility support charity Tiny Seeds, acknowledged that the changes, which are due to be debated […]
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Calls for action at endometriosis awareness event
WOMEN’S health in Jersey continues to face gaps in diagnosis, care and support, Islanders heard at an endometriosis awareness event this week – and campaigners have argued that the Government should respond with a joined-up strategy, Jodie Yettram reports. Health professionals, politicians and advocates came together to speak about the challenges facing women living with […]
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Nine positive pregnancy tests from funded IVF since introduction of new criteria
NINE positive pregnancy tests have resulted from funded in vitro fertilisation treatment since the Island’s new criteria and funding system was introduced earlier this year. The government has spent a total of £62,000 on funded IVF cycles to date this year. The figures were revealed by the Health Minister in response to a written question […]
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Most – and least – talkative politicians revealed
IT’S often said that some politicians love the sound of their own voice… and now we know exactly how much. New data has revealed who yaps the most (and who is the least talkative) in Jersey’s States Assembly, with one States Member clocking nearly 350,000 words – the equivalent of reading JRR Tolkien’s Fellowship of […]
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Jersey Sport ‘ready for challenge’
STEVE LAW, the interim chair of Jersey Sport, says that the organisation can draw a lot of positives from the independent review of sport and physical activity in Jersey that was published earlier this week. The review was commissioned by Minister for Sport, Deputy Lucy Stephenson, and said there were “serious concerns” expressed by key […]
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Plans to downsize public sector coming in February, says Treasury Minister
JERSEY’S Budget for 2026 and beyond has been approved with a clear message from the Treasury Minister that solutions to downsize the public sector are now imminent, as pressure mounts over the scale of government spending. Closing four days of tense debate, Deputy Elaine Millar told the States Assembly that work was already under way […]
