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Aug 2021
Estimates based on Public Health England data and GP records suggest hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have not had the jab, as the number of mums-to-be in hospital with the virus rises. In the last twelve weeks, 171 pregnant women with the virus needed hospital treatment, but none had received both jabs. In a…
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Aug 2021
Around 3,000 people died as a result of being given blood products containing hepatitis C and HIV during the 1970s and 1980s. Lord Clarke, conservative health minister between 1882 and 1985 and health secretary between 1988 and 1990, is the first senior health minister from the period to testify during the inquiry into the scandal.…
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Aug 2021
Regulators have warned that there has been an increase in the sale of inaccurate infrared thermometers in the UK, advising that people should check before they buy. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has said the Covid pandemic has created an increased demand for devices that screen for a raised temperature, advising that accurate…
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Aug 2021
A review into the work of a locum consultant radiologist has identified “major discrepancies” affecting 12 cases so far. The doctor worked at hospitals run by the Northern Health Trust in Northern Ireland between July 2019 and February 2020. Dr Seamus O’Reilly, chair of the review steering group, said of the findings “We believe there…
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Aug 2021
An inquest has heard that an asthma sufferer died despite her family making three 999 calls for an ambulance. The patient’s husband began CPR when she stopped breathing, prompting the last call before medics arrived. Medical experts informed the hearing in Denbighshire that the outcome would have been the same if paramedics had arrived earlier…
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Aug 2021
Following a decision by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) which originally gave Simon Bramhall a five-month suspension, in a new appeal earlier this week, the General Medical Council (GMC) complained that this was an “insufficient” punishment. Mrs Justice Collins Rice said the former tribunal, which took place last year, did not “put its finger on…
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