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Nov 2016

Chadwick Lawrence Host Konin Delegate Economic Visit

Yorkshire’s Legal People, Chadwick Lawrence, recently hosted an economic delegation visit with representatives and business owners from Konin, Poland, on the 22nd of November at their offices in Wakefield. A number of people from different sectors across the district were invited to the Chadwick Lawrence offices to meet representatives and business owners from Konin, a…

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23
Nov 2016

BMA chief claims NHS transformation plans could be cover for cuts

Health managers in 44 areas of England have been ordered to draw up strategies in an attempt to change services, improve care and reduce costs. The Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) could result in the merging of some services, and see some hospitals, maternity or Accident & Emergency units closing. NHS England say that the…

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22
Nov 2016

Hospital bosses warn that NHS five year budget plan ‘not enough’

Health bosses have warned that unless the NHS gets more money, hospital patients in England will see cuts in staff numbers, rationing and rising waiting times. Although there is currently a five year plan to raise the budget by £8bn a year by 2020, this plan was only put in place last year and hospital…

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22
Nov 2016

GP lack of time means one in ten appointments take place over the telephone

A report following research by the Kings Fund, has shown that fewer face to face appointments are being offered by GPs, with ten per cent of patients being given advice over the telephone, due to lack of time. This figure is up from eight per cent two years ago during the same period. Researchers involved…

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21
Nov 2016

Incorporating a Private Limited Company

In this article we set out the factors that need to be considered when incorporating a private limited company. What type of company can be incorporated? A new business can be set up as a company or an existing business can be incorporated as a company. The latter is often the case when a business…

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18
Nov 2016

GPs failing to identify and prescribe drugs to patients at risk of heart disease

A study has found that 12,000 preventable strokes are happening every year due to failures by GPs to prescribe heart drugs to stroke-risk patients. Researchers involved in the study found that in over 50 per cent of stroke cases, drugs that could have prevented or stopped the stroke had not been prescribed. Although guidelines recommend…

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