DeboRah Price

2 weeks ago | thecomet.net | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price

Hertfordshire County Council spent more than £28,000 on a court case with the parent of a child (Image: Hertfordshire County Council) The new executive of the county council is made-up of eight Liberal Democrat councillors. Executive positions and cabinet panels reflect different areas of the council’s work and are determined by the leader of the county council.

2 weeks ago | whtimes.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price

Mary-Kate shared her story with the NHS Trust's board members (Image: Google Maps) A patient suffering from endometriosis has told health chiefs how she discharged herself from Lister Hospital in Stevenage, after staff refused to give her pain killers and dismissed her symptoms as “one of those things”.

3 weeks ago | watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price

Currently the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust board meet in public – and in private – on the first Thursday of the month for 10 months of the year. But now they have agreed to reduce the number of meetings from 10 to SIX a year – and for the private meeting to be held BEFORE the public meeting. The changes are part of the ‘Board Refresh 2025’ proposals that were agreed by the latest meeting of the trust’s board.

Mar 9, 2025 | watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price

Plans have been drawn-up to keep the Hertfordshire Music Service within the county council – rather than have it seek charitable status. For generations the music service has operated from within the county council, offering instrumental lessons and musical opportunities to many thousands of the county’s schoolchildren. But seven years ago councillors decided, that the service should move towards acquiring charitable status, or another ‘appropriate’ status.

Mar 1, 2025 | watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price

Councillors have discussed the Watford General rebuild timetable Disappointment at the latest timetable to rebuild Watford General Hospital has been expressed at a meeting of the county council. Bosses at the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust had expected the redevelopment of the Watford site to get under way as early as this year (2025).