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17
Nov 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

UK children lag behind worldwide counterparts in healthy development

Public health experts have said that poor access to nutritious food for schoolchildren and adolescents in the UK is the reason they are falling behind in health development, when compared with their counterparts in other wealthy nations. An international analysis of weight and height records of children aged between five and 19 years, found that…

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17
Nov 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

MPs say NHS England’s IT plan expensive and risky

The Commons Public Accounts Committee have said that the NHS is in danger of repeating mistakes made in the past as it tries to modernise its IT systems, warning that substantial sums of public money could be wasted. Their report adds that without proper planning, it will be unclear whether the health service’s digital transformation…

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17
Nov 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Shortage of ventilator supplies has ‘hit’ disabled people during the pandemic

Research has suggested that some disabled people in the UK have struggled to obtain essentials such as breathing equipment and medical supplies during the Covid pandemic. According to a YouGov survey, around 60% of those who rely on social care said they were finding it difficult to obtain at least one of their necessities. Charity…

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16
Nov 2020

Section: Family Law

Grounds for Divorce

Until the government introduces no-fault divorce, currently not expected until autumn 2021 due to delays caused by the COVID pandemic, you will be required to justify to the Courts why you should be entitled to a divorce. There is only one ground for a divorce: “the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage”. You will need to…

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12
Nov 2020

Section: * BUSINESS *

ICO issues company with £18.4 million fine for not keeping customer data secure

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent body who oversees all things data protection and compliance. The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc. (the international hotel chain) under GDPR a substantial sum of £18.4 million for failing to keep millions of customers’ data secure following a cyber-attack on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide…

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10
Nov 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

BMA presses government to invest ‘at least’ £1bn in GP premises

The BMA has said that ‘urgent’ funding for premises is needed in order to improve access to practices, including £1bn which was originally pledged in 2016, but ‘did not reach practices’ in ‘large amounts’. In a submission to the Government’s spending review consultation, the union called for a ‘major multi-year funding injection’ into the NHS.…

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