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12
Feb 2019

NHS punishment of whistleblowers ‘morally wrong’ according to government

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock will today announce new measures, which will mean that hospital bosses will be faced with stricter levels of ‘competency checks’. He also said that staff who expose failings will be given better protection and should be allowed to air their concerns without being in fear of losing their…

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12
Feb 2019

Study reveals gastric bypass procedure can cure type-2 diabetes

Campaigners are urging the NHS to make gastric bypasses more widely available, following a study that found the procedure had reversed type 2 diabetes in three quarters of patients. A quarter of British adults are obese and over three million people have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which can lead to blindness, leg amputations,…

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12
Feb 2019

Outbreak of measles declared in Philippines

An outbreak of the highly contagious measles virus has been declared by authorities in the Philippines, affecting several areas, including the capital Manila. In the space of two weeks, there have been nearly 2,000 cases reported and 26 deaths, an increase of 74 per cent from last year. The measles virus can be significantly dangerous…

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12
Feb 2019

Campaign to end deadlock over cystic fibrosis drug

Campaigners are appealing to the government to use its powers to break a deadlock in making available a life-extending drug to people with cystic fibrosis. Vertex, the manufacturers of the drug Orkambi, have refused an offer of £500m offer over five years, which would be the ‘largest commitment’ ever made by the NHS. Vertex currently…

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07
Feb 2019

Conveyancing Department Launch Center of Learning

  Chadwick Lawrence has recently launched an exciting new staff development programme under the title of the ‘Conveyancing Center of Learning’. This incredible initiative was created with the admirable intention to grow and develop the existing skills and strengths within the firms already well-strung bow. The center will be managed internally by Sarah Haller (Partner…

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05
Feb 2019

Cancer screening programmes not meeting targets

According to a report by the National Audit Office, none of the three leading health screening programmes in England, for breast, cervical or bowel cancer, met their targets last year. The report also showed that there were delays in results for cervical screening with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samples, highlighting a difference across the…

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