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Hmm… I wonder

Writing about web page http://www.guardian.co.uk/

At 9.12am, I wonder to myself: “I wonder if the Guardian will use today to change the ten-year old look of their website…”

At 9.13am, I wonder to myself if I’m psychic.

: 10 May 2007 09:17 |  Tags: Journalism Media The Guardian |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Guardian's website has a taste bypass

Terrorists were, apparently, planning to kidnap, then behead a British Muslim soldier.

Given that, isn’t the cartoon on The Guardian’s Comment is Free website a little distasteful? It’s caption is Tied Down. Oops.

: 31 Jan 2007 16:25 |  Tags: Cartoon Journalism Kidnap Plot News The Guardian |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

NHS closures will 'improve care'

Today’s Guardian reports that the NHS is planning to “reconfigure” a number of health services in the UK in order to make further cost savings. A&E Departments and Maternity wards are likely to be worst hit.

David Nicholson, the man leading the reforms told the newspaper:

[changes] will be aimed at redesigning the NHS to improve care by concentrating key services in fewer hospitals

When will the NHS realise that in many cases, fewer hospitals means anything but “improved care”? In rural hospitals, many find that treatment is simply unavailable because they cannot travel to the ‘nearest’ hospital department, which thanks to these kind of NHS reforms will be further away than ever before.

Fewer departments might mean ‘cheaper’ care, but I have no idea how it will be ‘improved’ care.

: 13 Sep 2006 09:00 |  Tags: Closures David Nicholson Government Health National Health Service NHS Politics The Guardian |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem