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Jun 2015

Daniel Krigers Shortlisted for ‘Employee Of The Year’ Award

Daniel Krigers, Associate and Head of Employment at Chadwick Lawrence has been shortlisted for this years ‘Employee of the Year’ Award at the Wakefield Express Business Awards to be held on Thursday 25th June at the newly refurbished Unity Works. Daniel began working at Chadwick Lawrence in 2005 as an employment law solicitor; however has only…

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12
Jun 2015

Extensive parts of NHS placed into special measures after ‘decades’ of failure

Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, has announced that half of Cumbria, the majority of Devon and the whole of Essex is to be placed under national supervision. Troubleshooters will be sent to the failing hospitals, to tackle A&E departments that persistently breach waiting times and failures to stick to budgets. The three main…

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12
Jun 2015

Glaucoma could be cured by simple injection

According to eye surgeons, a simple jab could cure glaucoma, a sight-robbing condition usually caused by damage to the optic nerve. Approximately 600,000 people in Britain suffer from the condition, a permanent narrowing of the vision, which results from an excessive build up of fluid in the eye. Vision narrows progressively as the nerve damage…

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10
Jun 2015

Chadwick Lawrence Shortlisted For ‘Business Of The Year’ Award

Yorkshire’s Legal People have been shortlisted for the ‘Business of the Year’ award at the Wakefield Express Business Awards 2015. The annual event will recognise and celebrate the best, brightest and most innovative businesses in the district. Wakefield boasts the fastest growth economy in the region over the past 12 months, proving itself as the core…

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09
Jun 2015

Staff shortages force thousands of patients to search for new GP

New figures show that GP workload pressures and staff shortages are leading to practice closures and patients having to find a new GP. Figures obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that 61 practices have closed in England, Wales and Scotland since April 2013, and this has meant that over 160,000 patients have had to…

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05
Jun 2015

Patients in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are less likely to be referred by GPs for cancer tests

A study has found that patients are less likely to be referred by their GP for tests to diagnose cancer if they live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, and also found that, of six countries investigated, the UK has the second-worst cancer survival rates. The study, which was conducted by the International Cancer Benchmarking…

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