Defeating deafness, 2000

Submitted by: Sevenoaks Branch The National Council of Women (a) concerned that fewer than half of hearing-impaired babies are diagnosed by 18 months of age, (b) aware of and welcoming the Government’s decision to conduct Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening by...

Body-clock research, 2001

Submitted by:  Science and Technology Committee Current scientific research on biorhythms has shown that sleep is compromised by working out of hours, for example on night shift, and sleep is important for health. The National Council of Women urges Her...

Care of the elderly, 2001

Submitted by:  Birmingham Branch The National Council of Women: welcomes the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, and calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to provide strategies and finance to ensure that the proposed eight NSF standards are...

Sudden infant deaths, 2003

Submitted by: Sevenoaks Branch   The National Council of Women calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to institute a review of the procedures for investigating a sudden unexpected cot death so that (a) a pediatrician be called to the scene within hours of...