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Aug 2019
The government has announced new proposals to end the row with doctors over pensions in England and Wales. Doctors were beginning to refuse to work beyond their planned hours after being landed with bills following changes to the amount able to be accrued tax-free, which led to a rise in waiting times for routine surgery.…
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Aug 2019
A new way of diagnosing a common heart condition, which causes the heart to beat irregularly, may have been uncovered by artificial intelligence. One million people in the UK are currently affected by atrial fibrillation, a condition which increases the risk of stroke and long-term heart problems. Diagnosis of the condition is relatively simple when…
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Aug 2019
New research conducted by Macmillan Cancer Support and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry has highlighted the need for communication and planning around end-of-life care. The research found that 75 per cent of cancer patients who died in Northern Ireland in 2015 were admitted to an A&E department at least once during the last year of…
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Aug 2019
Recent figures show that in the month of June, there were 4.4 million people waiting for routine operations in England on the NHS, and that the following month the number of people attending their local accident and emergency department hit a record high of 2.27 million. Waiting lists have been steadily increasing over the last…
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Aug 2019
All summary-only offences (those which can be dealt with solely in the Magistrates Court), except in very rare instances, must be ‘laid before the Court’ within six calendar months from the date of the offence (excluding the date of the offence). If the ‘information’ was received by the Court outside of this six month period,…
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Aug 2019
The Private Prosecutors’ Association has now published a Code for Private Prosecutors, the aim of which is to set a benchmark for best practice in relation to the conduct of private prosecutions. The purpose of this new Code is to provide guidance for those involved in private prosecutions on client engagement, investigation, disclosure of documents,…
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