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Feb 2016
The Health Secretary has defended the Government’s record on the health service and has denied that austerity is driving problems within the NHS. He said that a claim by an SNP MP that that the NHS was going through an “austerity-driven crisis” was inaccurate. During health questions in the House of Commons, Mr Hunt said…
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Feb 2016
According to a long-running survey, 2015 saw the largest rise ever in public dissatisfaction with the NHS. The British Social Attitudes Survey, carried out by NatCen Social Research, which covered England, Wales and Scotland, has been tracking public satisfaction since 1983. The latest poll from 2015, which surveyed nearly 2,200 people, showed that satisfaction with…
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Feb 2016
The Journal of General Internal Medicine undertook research which tracked patients taking the heart drug for nearly ten years. The results of the study were published in May 2015 and found that the patients who had taken statins had a much higher risk of developing diabetes. The study was led by Professor Ishak Mansi, a…
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Feb 2016
On the breakdown of a marriage the Court not only has to consider the division of the parties’ capital and pension provision but also their income needs and whether a spousal maintenance order is appropriate. The recent case of Wright –v- Wright [2015] has attracted much media attention and it has been suggested that this…
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Feb 2016
Background Associate Solicitor in the Family Team at Chadwick Lawrence I previously practiced in the North East heading up a family team before joining Chadwick Lawrence in 2013. Why be a family lawyer? Family law is an interesting and varied area of law. I am very much a ‘people person’ and personable individual and this…
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Feb 2016
Doctors’ leaders are reporting that the pressure on GPs is so great in England and Wales that they are concerned they are letting patients down and providing potentially unsafe care. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the BMA’s GP leader, said that in order to keep up with demand, doctors were having to rush through their appointments, which…
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