That these practitioners were in an area of disadvantage raises the question of whether other disadvantaged areas, and the people in them, will be similarly left behind, compounding the existing inequalities in health.
However, this week the Russell Group started to go public with their criticism of the idea, claiming that it's not clear how the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and raising concerns that a PQA system could hamper their efforts to recruit disadvantaged students.
For parents who wished to be present at bed-time, video-conference facilities could be arranged.Luddites and sentimentalists will whinge about the disadvantages of raising a brood in, say, Beijing.
There are several potential ways to reform or replace the council tax, each with their own advantages and disadvantages: Simply raising income tax by 3p in line with Holyrood's current powers would not raise enough to replace the council tax.
There are many disadvantages to raising a child in an orphanage.
Think about all the advantages and disadvantages of raising a cow.
A new study claiming to find disadvantages for children raised by same-sex parents is attracting criticism from social scientists, who say that the research does not actually address how well gay and lesbians parent.
In June, sociologist Mark Regnerus published a study which claimed to find disadvantages for children raised by same-sex parents, though the results have since been deemed "flawed" by a number of high profile social scientists.
From the evidence gathered in our recent stakeholder analysis [ 8] and a review of existing literature, the following potential advantages and disadvantages can be raised about the alternative approaches to funding services for those outside the formal employment sector within the Ghanaian context.
"The concern is that our financial institutions might have more difficulty borrowing in international markets," he told a news conference here, adding that the guarantees should avoid putting Canadian banks at a "competitive disadvantage when raising funds in wholesale markets".
