READER LETTER: There is another way to fund healthcare
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READER LETTER: There is another way to fund healthcare
• Dear Sir,Here is another very good controllable funding model the States decided against, as they preferred GST++.
• As I have suggested to our States Deputies and Civil Servants, we need to revamp how we collect tax / income: a whole new way of ring-fencing tax income streams.
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 | Island FM Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Guernsey ambulance fees to rise• Ambulance and Rescue urge islanders to think of the cost of an emergency call out if they do not subscribe to the scheme. |
 | Island FM Guernsey News · Local news · today Guernsey charity GROW asks for help in tracing missing stock• Islanders who bought from GROW's greenhouse over the weekend are asked to confirm what they purchased after £700 worth of stock went missing. |
 | BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Keeping mortgage interest relief approved• Homeowners can get tax relief of £3,500 on the money spent on the interstate of a mortgage. |
 | BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Proposal for free bus service scrapped• The one-year free bus service pilot was initially put forward as an amendment to next year's budget. |
 | Channel Eye - Channel Islands business news · Local news · yesterday Financial services regulatory summary: October 2026• Channel Eye brings you a summary of regulatory developments across the islands for the month of October 2026. |
 | Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday More, more, more? Health costs climb £5m a year as HSC warns new funding model needed• Scrapping the plans to modernise Guernsey's hospital has contributed to health bills climbing by around £5 million a year, according to the committee in charge of health. |
 | Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Top civil service roles will have to be signed off by deputies• Top roles in the civil service will have to be signed off by politicians in future, after the States voted to make committees accountable for staffing in their service areas. |
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