GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

let’s talk about...Vijay
VIJAY DARYANANI IS A BUSINESSMAN. HE JOINED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY IN 1994. HE WAS A
FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE GFSB IN 1996. IN 2000 HE BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN GIBRALTAR
TO STAND FOR ELECTION WITH THE GSLP LIBERALS. MR DARYANANI HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BUSINESS LICENSING
AUTHORITY FOR 7 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MENTAL HEALTH TRIBUNAL FOR 3 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE
NURSING BOARD FOR 1 YEAR.
HEALTH SERVICES
THE GIBRALTAR HEALTH
AUTHORITY
With the introduction of not one
but two new Primary Care Centres,
and the ongoing expansion of health
services across the board, we will shift
our focus as your next Government to
making the new and existing services
more effective.
MRI COMES TO GHA
The GHA will be commissioning a state
of the art MRI scanner as part of a full
scale revamp of the whole Radiology
Department with a managed service
that will ensure we regularly renew
and always have the most up to
date equipment. The MRI service
will be comprehensive and will be
repatriated from current providers in
Spain (approximately 3000 MRI scans
carried out in Spain each year). Work
has begun on this project and the MRI
should be up and running in the spring
of 2020. As part of this upgrade we
will also commission a cardiac catheter
laboratory to provide emergency
angiograms and cardiac stenting for
patients with heart attacks and/or
angina. This will be led by our newly
appointed interventional cardiologist.
This suite will also allow the repatriation
of endovascular surgery (Repair of
aortic aneurysms and stenting of
peripheral vascular disease) also the
expansion of interventional radiology.
The suite will be up and running in the
summer of 2020.
PUBLIC HEALTH
The public health service, Public
Health Gibraltar (‘PHG’), works hard in
the background advising public bodies
and the public in general on important
matters relating to the health of the
community.
CHILD FRIENDLY CITY
We will provide increased support
to PHG and will raise its profile
and involvement, consistent with
the Government’s aim of increased
wellbeing in the community and in
developing the concept of a Child
Friendly City.
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT
ASSESSMENT
We will introduce the concept of a
Public Health Impact Assessment to
assist in developing policies and in
advising both public bodies and private
entities.
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
We will produce a Health Improvement
Strategy in order to develop an
honest reflection of health needs
and determine the relevant means
to address them. We will produce
and maintain school standards that
emphasise PSHE, Physical Activity,
PE and Healthy Eating, student
voice, and a variety of emotional
wellbeing programmes. Environmental
considerations must also be prioritised
We will introduce specific no-smoking
and no car idling zones immediately
outside schools. Additionally, we will
step up enforcement to reduce idling of
vehicles, both private and commercial.
HEALTH-IN-ALL-POLICIES
We will introduce the principle of
Health-In-All-Policies, which demands
a collaborative approach that integrates
and articulates health considerations
into policy making across sectors
to improve the health of all. This is
essential in view of our greatest health
challenges; including for example,
non-communicable diseases, health
inequalities, climate change, and
spiralling health care costs. It will
require shared data, topic-specific
multi-sectoral efforts, strategic
directions and goals. PHG will ensure
knowledge and evidence is available to
improve the quality and sustainability
of places within Gibraltar, increasing
their positive effect on health and
wellbeing.
PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
The Government has keenly promoted
a model of healthcare that places
primary care at the forefront of
health services and as the effective
filter to secondary and tertiary care
services. A well-functioning Primary
Care Centre will take excellent care
of our community and keep many
unnecessary medical attendances
away from our hospital.
You now have better access to our GPs,
better patient choice, enhancements
to the existing services, and a more
streamlined service overall.
It is important to highlight that on
a daily basis an average of 450 to
550 persons are seen by Gibraltar’s
fantastic cadre of GPs. The number
of attendances on any one day places
in sharp focus the absolutely fantastic
work carried out day in, day out by our
GPs.
REPEAT PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM
The repeat prescription system has
been a hugely successful reform. This
service has a dedicated counter at the
PCC and allows patients to request a
repeat of their regular medications
without necessarily having to see a
General Practitioner.
SICK CERTIFICATE TELEPHONE
SERVICE
The Sick Certificate Telephone Service
is a modern and creative solution to
the problem of appointments being
used for patients who are not, in
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