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Oct 2021
Chadwick Lawrence medical negligence team recognised again by Legal 500 as recommended leading firm Chadwick Lawrence is pleased to announce that its medical negligence team have again been recommended as a “leading firm” in the 2022 publication of The Legal 500 UK, the world’s largest legal referral guide. The team are…
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Oct 2021
Research has shown that funding for healthy-lifestyle support such as obesity clinics and stop-smoking has been cut by a quarter in six years in England. The Health Foundation said councils had received £3.3bn to run these services this year, £1bn less than in 2015-16 once inflation had been taken into account. It added…
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Oct 2021
A review has found that one in three babies stillborn at two hospitals might have survived had it not been for serious mistakes. The Independent Maternity Oversight Panel found major failings in 21 of 63 cases at Merthyr Tydfil’s Prince Charles and Llantrisant’s Royal Glamorgan hospitals. Greg Dix, health board nursing and midwifery…
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Oct 2021
GPs in some areas of Cumbria say patients are facing waits of up to five weeks for appointments due to backlogs caused by the pandemic. One practice in Kendal said waits could be up to five weeks, instead of the usual two, with up to 40 per cent more calls received each day. …
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Oct 2021
Campaigners are warning that bowel cancer patients are frightened to take a break from their treatment because they may end up having to pay for it. Patients are currently only eligible for two specialist drugs through the NHS if they do not have a break of six weeks or more. Genevieve Edwards, chief…
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Oct 2021
Patient advocacy groups have warned that pregnant women and new mothers are being referred to social services by midwives for refusing to follow their advice. According to the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS), expectant parents who have refused are, including opting out of scans, failing to attend antenatal appointments or declining…
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