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Nov 2018
According to the Royal College of Surgeons, drastic and urgent changes need to be made to rules surrounding medical devices, such as pacemakers, to protect patients, including a register of every device in every patient so doctors know whether new innovations may be causing harm. A recent investigation has revealed that patients are being given…
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Nov 2018
A review by the Health Foundation of the government’s record between 1995 and 2015 has suggested that England is still lagging behind the best-performing nations when it comes to cancer care, despite 20 years of trying to improve, and said that if services improved, 10,000 lives each year could be saved. Professor Sir Mike Richards…
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Nov 2018
The Care Quality Commission have rated Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital Trust inadequate following a recent inspection and it has been revealed that staff at the trust say there is a “culture of bullying and harassment”, and maternity and emergency services deemed unsafe. The trust is undergoing investigations into alleged failings in maternity care, with over…
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Nov 2018
New guidance has been launched by the RCM entitled ‘Midwifery care in labour guidance for all women in all settings’. The guide details recommendations for the care of women during labour and birth, covering topics including fetal heart rate assessment, eating and drinking during labour, and avoiding severe genital trauma. It also covers suggestions for…
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Nov 2018
The Supreme Court has held that a supermarket chain was vicariously liable for an employee’s violent assault against a customer. This overturned the previous decision of the Court of Appeal, finding that there was a sufficiently close connection between the assault and the employee’s job which involved dealing with customers. Generally, employers will be liable…
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Nov 2018
Scientists at Oxford University have cultivated a genetically modified virus which is able to destroy cancer cells. The virus targets both cancer cells and healthy cells, known as fibroblasts, which protect the cancer from the immune system. Current treatment that destroys fibroblasts, could also kill those in the skin and bone marrow. According to those…
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