April 2016 - Page 2 of 3 - Chadwick Lawrence

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Apr 2016

New drug to combat sepsis ‘could save millions of lives a year’

Scientists have developed a new drug which it is hoped could save the lives of millions of people a year. Sepsis, which is also referred to as septicaemia or blood poisoning, has no direct cure and currently kills more people than prostate, bowel and breast cancer combined. The condition affects over 19 million people internationally…

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Apr 2016

New Regulatory Team Members

Chadwick Lawrence are thrilled to announce the arrival of Sophie Clague and Kathryn Hunt to its Dispute Resolution Team. Sophie arrives as an assistant solicitor and Kath as trainee solicitor. Sophie has joined Chadwick Lawrence from Last Cawthra Feather having completed her training contract there and she is a newly qualified solicitor. Kath is a…

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Apr 2016

New ‘game changer’ drug for head and neck cancer

The new drug, Nivolumab, boosts the patient’s immune system to fight tumours instead of using standard chemotherapy. It dramatically improved the survival rates of patients in recent US trials and experts say it could be a ‘game changer’ in fighting aggressive head and neck cancers. The drug is currently available on the NHS for advanced…

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Apr 2016

New record level reached in A&E delays

NHS England has released official figures showing that Accident and Emergency performance in England hit a new low in February, for the second month in a row. Although hospitals are required to see 95% of patients within four hours, only 87.8% were seen within this time frame during the month. Candace Imison from the Nuffield…

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Apr 2016

NHS baby transfer service has ‘unacceptable gaps’

A survey by the sick and premature baby charity Bliss has revealed that many neonatal transfer services throughout the UK are under-resourced and understaffed, with some babies having to wait too long for life-saving care. There are currently 17 dedicated transfer services in the UK transferring around 16,000 babies between hospitals. The survey found that…

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Apr 2016

Rise in womb cancer levels – obesity ‘likely culprit’

Cancer Research UK has warned that rising obesity rates may be linked to an increase in the number of women diagnosed with womb cancer. Latest figures show that in the 1990s, around 19 in 100,000 women in the UK were diagnosed, with the figure rising to 29 in 100,000 in 2013. Although the scientific link…

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