Education and Health

There is a plus and a minus today for and againt the government. Michael Gove has introduced the new English Baccalaureate. This brings this country in line with countries in the world which have much higher educational standards than our own, for whom the idea of a core of academic skills which will  lift the human condition, sits very easily with the opportunity to pursue and practice vocational and artistic subjects which will lift the human spirit. It is perhaps a little tough to apply it retrospectively, but doing so reveals how much there is to be done.

On the minus side the death of a little girl from swine flu is a heart rending reminder that last year the whole vaccination business was so much better organised and so much more effective. It is clear to all but the government where the fault lies. It is with the Health Secretary. If Andrew Lansley is to successfully carry through his excellent and much needed reforms of the NHS he will have to do a lot better than this.

The Coalition needs to remember the people will respect and grudgingly support an efficient government with whose idealogy they disagree. Everyone walks away from an inefficient government whatever its stripe.

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