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30
Mar 2020

Section: Personal Injury

COVID-19 and Personal Injury

COVID-19 is new to us all and is affecting aspects of all our lives. This is a time of great uncertainty for us all but we are trying to help you understand what this may mean for your ongoing personal injury claim. Most importantly, following government advice, we are working from home but rest assured…

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27
Mar 2020

Section: Employer Services

PossAbilities continues with BoxHR partnership with Chadwick Lawrence

Growing social care enterprise PossAbilities CIC has continued its relationship with Chadwick Lawrence who provide employment law and HR support to the organisation under the BoxHR banner. PossAbilities was formed in 2014 to provide social care services formally delivered by Rochdale Borough Council. Since that time, the organisation has grown significantly and now operates across…

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27
Mar 2020

Section: Home & Property

COVID19, Conveyancing and me…

The landscape of Conveyancing has been shaken to its very core over the last two weeks, and has left clients and Conveyancer’s scratching their heads as to how best to handle the present crisis we face. The Law Society offered a brief note on their stance, which gave some direction, but it was not until…

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24
Mar 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

25,000 NHS hospital patients to be tested each day for coronavirus

The prime minister has issued a call to industry leaders to develop new testing kits to establish whether people have caught the virus and developed immunity. As criticism grows over the UK’s lack of capacity for testing frontline NHS staff and suspected cases in the community, ministers have announced measures to test up to 25,000…

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24
Mar 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

HIV-preventative drug to be made available in England from April

The Department of Health has confirmed that a drug which prevents the transmission of the HIV virus will be available in England from April. The antiretroviral medication, known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) stops the transmission of HIV during unprotected sex, and is already available in Wales and Scotland to people at risk of contracting the…

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24
Mar 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

NHS staff ‘at risk’ over shortage of protective gear

NHS staff say they are being put at risk during the coronavirus epidemic due to a lack of personal protective gear, and have also expressed concerns that not enough of them are being tested for the virus. Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK had “stockpiles” of personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Samantha…

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