One of the most diverse monitoring and feedback programmes of new build dwellings in the UK has been launched by the Good Homes Alliance and its partners. The project is sponsored by the Energy Savings Trust and Communities and Local Government.

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Making broadband available to UK businesses and citizens is vitally important and it’s crucial that rural communities aren’t left behind as the rest of the country enjoys the benefits of a 21st Century Digital Britain. Whilst the major telecom companies examine the problem of reaching the remoter areas, Rutland Telecom has come up with a solution and has delivered fast broadband to the village of Lyddington in Rutland.

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By Robbie Hughes

Patients continue to experience significant waiting times when they move from primary, to secondary care. There are bottlenecks in diagnostics and other areas. The author argues that enabling GPs to be more than gatekeepers and secretaries and instead perform minor surgical procedures would make a significant reduction in waiting times. Putting diagnostics, minor ops and groups of complementary clinicians into mini-hospitals would divert pressure from hospitals and improve care.

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