http://jennyranderson.com/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Jenny Randerson AM en-GB Jenny Randerson AM http://jennyranderson.com/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Jenny Randerson AM 2008-05-17T20:16+01:00 United Kingdom http://jennyranderson.com/news/000312/thousands_missing_out_on_specialised_support_in_wales__randerson.html Jenny Randerson, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Social Services, will this afternoon criticise the Government on their failure to provide specialised support to thousands of people in Wales living with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. During the debate in the Siambr, Jenny Randerson will also highlight how Wales lags behind in autism support, diagnosis and the recording of people with autism. 2008-05-14T11:44+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000311/the_drugs_policy_dont_work__randerson.html Speaking ahead of today's debate on the Government's Substance Misuse Strategy, Jenny Randerson, Welsh Liberal Democrats spokesperson on Health, called on the Government to rethink its substance misuse strategy and to treat the problem as a public health issue rather than as purely a criminal justice matter. 2008-05-13T15:22+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000310/randersons_private_measure_gives_committee_food_for_thought.html Tomorrow sees the first meeting of an Assembly committee to scrutinise Jenny Randerson's Proposed Measure to introduce healthier school meals. The Cardiff Central AM's Measure - the first from an AM outside the government - hopes to raise the standards of nutrition in school food across Wales. 2008-05-12T14:26+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000307/welsh_asthma_services_struggling_to_breathe__randerson.html Welsh Lib Dem Spokesperson for Health Jenny Randerson AM today challenged the Minister for Health to urgently address the massive variations in services for asthma sufferers across Wales. 2008-05-07T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000309/tory_hypocrisy_on_council_tax_is_breath_taking__randerson.html Jenny Randerson has accused the Tories of outrageous hypocrisy in a debate criticising the council tax. 2008-04-23T18:07+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000308/labour_tax_bombshell_is_reverse_robin_hood__randerson.html Speaking ahead of an Assembly debate today (Weds) Welsh Liberal Democrat Finance spokesperson Jenny Randerson AM called on the Labour Assembly government to acknowledge the devastating effect of doubling the 10p tax rate on the poorest in Wales 2008-04-23T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000306/minister_raises_hopes_for_legal_protection_for_nhs_staff.html Welsh Lib Dem Spokesperson for Health Jenny Randerson AM has today welcomed comments from the Health Minister that she may negotiate an extension of legal protection for NHS staff from violence which is currently due to cover England only. 2008-04-17T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000305/welsh_lib_dems_warn_of_dangers_of_centralisation_in_nhs_reorganisation.html The Welsh Lib Dems today warned the Assembly Government to tread very carefully when reorganising NHS structures in Wales. Speaking in an opposition debate, the party called on the Assembly Government to tread carefully in order not to remove patients and clinicians voices on the ground. 2008-04-16T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000304/one_child_under_8_a_month_is_admitted_to_hospital_because_of_alcohol__randerson.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson AM today revealed shocking figures showing that 76 children below the age of eight have been admitted to hospital because of alcohol consumption in the last seven years for which figures are available, amounting to almost one a month. The research followed recent figures uncovered by Ms Randerson showing that every day an average of one child under the age of 16 is admitted to hospital through alcohol consumption. 2008-04-16T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000303/randerson_tackles_rhodri_on_scandalous_government_priorities_in_the_nhs.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson today launched a scathing attack on the health priorities of the Labour/Plaid Welsh Assembly Government. Tackling the First Minister, Jenny Randerson demanded to know why the Government could not find money to treat seriously ill patients, such as those who cannot get treated for Parkinsons Disease through Deep Brain Stimulation. 2008-04-15T00:00+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000302/disability_group_launches_accessible_elections_award_scheme_2008.html The National Assembly All Party Group on Disability today launched its 2008 Accessible Elections Award scheme. The scheme seeks to recognise the candidate in the local government elections who does the most to make their campaign as widely accessible to disabled people as possible. 2008-04-09T15:05+01:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000301/second_welsh_lib_dem_health_policy_introduced_in_a_week.html Just days after the Health Minister announced that the government would be adopting Welsh Liberal Democrat plans to give young children free toothbrushes and toothpaste, now a second Minister has declared he wants to see another Welsh Lib Dem policy put in to action. 2008-03-18T16:57+00:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000300/randerson_praises_minister_for_delivering_welsh_liberal_democrat_dental_plan.html Commenting on the Assembly Government's Designed to Smile initiative, Welsh Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Jenny Randerson said: 2008-03-14T11:06+00:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000298/healthy_kids_measure_laid_before_assembly.html Cardiff Central AM and Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson has today laid her Assembly Measure to ensure healthy school meals before the Assembly. 2008-03-13T15:02+00:00 http://jennyranderson.com/news/000299/randerson_calls_for_voluntary_junk_food_advertising_agreement_in_wales.html Cardiff Central AM and Former Minister for Culture, Jenny Randerson AM today called on the Minister for Heritage to meet with S4C to discuss the issue of junk food advertising ahead of the creation of S4C's new children's channel. 2008-03-12T16:19+00:00