Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme investigated
The Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme of work was established in 2003 to address difficulties in poor training and indifferent career prospects and a new Foundation programme was introduced in 2005, the Specialty Training system was reformed, and the SHO grade scrapped in 2007.
As a result of inadequate preparation during the implementation of the reforms, in 2007 the MMC programme was plunged into crisis.
Structure and governance of euro examined
2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the creation of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the setting of conversion rates between the currencies of the original participating countries of the eurozone. Since then the euro has been introduced in fifteen Member States with negligible transition costs.
This Report, 'The Euro'
(HL 90), examines the structure and governance of the eurozone institutions and developments in the eurozone economy in the past ten years.
Floods of 2007 examined
The floods that occurred across several areas of the country in June and July 2007 were on a scale not seen for sixty years and exposed the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructure to flooding.
Two thirds of the summer 2007 flooding was caused by surface water flooding, often after intense heavy rainfall overwhelmed drainage systems and no organisation currently has responsibility for surface water flooding, at either the national or local level.