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Oct 2018
A report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has said that despite repeated warnings, not enough effort is being made to report the results of all clinical trials, which is posing a risk to health. The evidence suggests that nearly 50 per cent of all clinical trials go unreported, meaning that some…
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Oct 2018
According to a recent study conducted in Norway, better care for mothers and babies during pregnancy and labour can cut cerebral palsy rates. Information for the study was gathered from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway between the years 1999 and 2010. The data collected included information on the mother’s health and the baby’s health…
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Oct 2018
Antibiotics have been readily available and widely prescribed by GPs and hospital staff for decades, and this is leading to initially harmless bacteria becoming drug resistant and could ultimately turn into superbugs. The World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned previously that if no action is taken, the world could be heading for a ‘post-antibiotic’ era,…
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Oct 2018
The clinical negligence team are thrilled to announce that we have again been chosen to feature in the Legal 500 publication’s leading guide to recommended law firms in the UK and worldwide. Firms are selected to feature in the publication following a rigorous procedure based on independent feedback and assessments, and the only way a…
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Oct 2018
New figures released by NHS Digital show that there has been an eight-fold jump in the last ten years in new cases of MRSA and other hospital-acquired bugs, and the number has risen by 20 per cent in the last year alone from just over 40,000 to nearly 50,000 in 2017. These figures come at…
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Oct 2018
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has been ordered to report weekly to the Care Quality Commission on their maternity services, to protect patients. An investigation into the maternity deaths at the trust was ordered by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt and this has since widened. The CQC have said that they remain “very concerned”…
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