http://www.jennyranderson.com/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Jenny Randerson AM en-GB Jenny Randerson AM http://www.jennyranderson.com/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Jenny Randerson AM 2008-05-09T17:56+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.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://www.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://www.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://www.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://www.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 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000297/randerson_and_welsh_lib_dems_take_post_office_fight_to_gordon_browns_door.html Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson today travelled to London to join other Liberal Democrats handing in a petition of 52 000 names against the Labour Government's Post Office Closure Programme. 2008-03-11T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000296/assembly_shows_support_for_city.html The National Assembly today has a chance to show support for Cardiff City in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson has tabled a Statement of Opinion congratulating the team and the club's staff on their success up to now. 2008-03-10T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000295/figures_show_folly_of_force_to_the_south.html Figures uncovered by the Welsh Liberal Democrats have shown the 'folly' of forcing north wales patients to travel to south Wales for neurosurgery. The statistics, obtained from the NHS have shown that 647 neuro-surgery patients form North Wales were treated in England in 2006/2007 compared to only 13 travelling to South Wales. 2008-03-06T15:08+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000294/head_in_sand_and_foot_in_mouth__ministers_answer_as_useless_as_the_dental_contract.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson AM has reacted angrily to Finance Minister Andrew Davies, 'poor' answer when challenged on the NHS Dental contract. 2008-03-04T15:20+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000293/measure_making_minister_needs_to_amend_her_ways_to_avoid_juvenile_party_politics__randerson.html Following this mornings meeting of the Proposed NHS Redress Measure Committee in the Assembly, Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson AM has hit out at the Health Minister for failing to accept opposition amendments to the Measure. 2008-03-04T15:09+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000292/randerson_congratulates_uwic_olympic_success.html It was announced today that the UWIC campus in Cyncoed, Cardiff has been included in the London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide. The Guide is designed to help Olympic Associations from across the world find suitable training venues in the run-up to the 2012 Games. 2008-03-03T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000291/first_great_western_has_a_long_track_to_travel__randerson.html Commenting on announcement by train operator, First Great Western that they will invest extra money to improve their service, Cardiff Central AM Jenny Randerson has warned that the company has a long way to go. The news followed Jenny Randerson's condemnation of the company in the Assembly last week for appalling levels of service in and out of Cardiff Central station. 2008-02-26T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000290/local_am_slams_worst_great_western.html Release/Rhyddhau: 2008-02-20T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000289/dementia_care_must_be_improved__randerson.html Welsh Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, Jenny Randerson AM has today asked the Deputy Minister for Social Care to urgently deal with the lack of home care beds for dementia sufferers. Jenny Randerson's questioning followed the release of a report by the Alzheimer's Society that showed 2/3rds of care home residents have some form of dementia but only 6% of care home beds are designated for dementia patients. 2008-02-20T00:00+00:00 http://www.jennyranderson.com/news/000288/nurse_training_announcement__randerson_comment.html Commenting on the announcement on nurse training numbers, Welsh Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Jenny Randerson, has warned the Minister that the training places will need backing up with pressure on NHS Trusts to take advantage of them. 2008-02-19T00:00+00:00