CBC Sudbury6d ago
$750 school supply allowance dismissed as 'Band-Aid' solution
Wednesday's provincial announcement that elementary teachers will receive $750 a year to purchase classroom supplies is a step in the right direction, but fails to address systemic underfunding, say unions, experts and critics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/750-school-supply-allowance-dismissed-as-band-aid-solution-9.7124789?cmp=rss
CBC Ottawa6d ago
$750 school supply allowance dismissed as 'Band-Aid' solution
Wednesday's provincial announcement that elementary teachers will receive $750 a year to purchase classroom supplies is a step in the right direction, but fails to address systemic underfunding, say unions, experts and critics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/750-school-supply-allowance-dismissed-as-band-aid-solution-9.7124789?cmp=rss
CBC London6d ago
$750 school supply allowance dismissed as 'Band-Aid' solution
Wednesday's provincial announcement that elementary teachers will receive $750 a year to purchase classroom supplies is a step in the right direction, but fails to address systemic underfunding, say unions, experts and critics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/750-school-supply-allowance-dismissed-as-band-aid-solution-9.7124789?cmp=rss
The-14Sep 26
AI use by UK justice system risks papering over the cracks caused by years of underfunding
#Tech #AI #JusticeSystem #UKPolitics #LegalTech #AccessToJustice #CourtReform #AIethics #Underfunding #HumanRights #DigitalJustice #PublicPolicy
https://the-14.com/ai-use-by-uk-justice-system-risks-papering-over-the-cracks-caused-by-years-of-underfunding/
ClareBear 💚 Sep 21
https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/doctors-kiwis-are-now-dying-in-corridors?publication_id=2385222&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=f8a6 Our doctors and nurses are our last line of defence against a government intent on rewarding private health beneficiaries like Shane Reti and Lester Levy and moving NZ to a US style health privatisation context. #nzpol #underfunding #healthcrisis ⚠️SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ⚠️
Doctors: Kiwis are now dying in corridors

Christchurch joins Nelson ED to sound the alarm as Code Red rages across NZ departments

Mountain Tūī
Show threadNonilexAug 14, 2025

With the July report, the #BLS ended the calculation & publication of approximately 350 indexes, including data from the #PPI Final Demand-Intermediate Demand, special index, industry & commodity classifications.

The agency has suffered years of #underfunding under both #Republican & #Democratic admins, a situation worsened by an unprecedented campaign by #Trump to remake the #FederalGovernment through deep spending cuts & #MassLayoffs of public workers.

#economy #information #censorship

MarkMar 18, 2025

Expert weighs in on Streeting’s mental health ‘overdiagnosis’ claims

Wes #Streeting’s claim there is an overdiagnosis of mental #health conditions is a “distraction” from the “chronic #underfunding” of #MentalHealth services, a psychiatry expert has said.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25014344.expert-weighs-streetings-mental-health-overdiagnosis-claims/

#LabourLies #ToryLies #NHS #PeopleNotProfits

SubtleBlade ⚔️Jul 23, 2024

'#NHSEngland finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

#NationalAuditOffice says
years of #underfunding have left the NHS in England so cash-strapped that it cannot treat patients quickly enough, and the rising tide of ill-health will make matters worse, the #NationalAuditOffice (#NAO) said'
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/nhs-finances-so-dire-that-whole-service-may-collapse-says-spending-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLegacy #UnderfundingPublicServices

NHS finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

National Audit Office says NHS in England too cash-strapped to treat patients quickly enough

The Guardian
David AnthonyMay 20, 2024
This is what a succession of Conservative governments have done for the National Health Service 🤬
#ToryScum #ditchthetories #GeneralElection2024 #NHS #underfunding #disgusting #missmanagement
Tenfold rise in A&E patients waiting more than 24 hours for a bed https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/tenfold-rise-in-ae-patients-waiting-more-than-a-day-for-a-hospital-bed-since-2019?CMP=share_btn_url
Tenfold rise in A&E patients waiting more than 24 hours for a bed

Figures show more than 150,000 patients waited more than 24 hours in A&E for a bed last year, most of them elderly or frail

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3May 2, 2024

Women live more years in ill-health than men, finds gender health gap study | Women's health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/may/01/women-live-more-years-ill-health-than-men-gender-health-gap-study

#Women
#Disabilities
#Disability
#WomensHealth
#Gender
#GenderHealthGap
#Illness
#Lancet
#GlobalBurdenOfDiseaseStudy2021
#UnderFunding
#GenderHealthcareGap

Women live more years in ill-health than men, finds gender health gap study

While men are disproportionally affected by conditions that cause early death, women are left with higher levels of illness and disability

The Guardian