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Jul 2021
NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland is considering pulling back on non-urgent procedures due to “workforce pressures” and rising Covid admissions. An A&E consultant has said emergency hospital treatment at the trust should only be sought as a “last resort”. Dr Calvin Lightbody said “huge numbers” of patients were attending A&E with non-critical conditions. Heather Knox, chief…
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Jul 2021
A new blood test for early diagnosis of the hard to detect disease could be available in months and improve survival rates. Pancreatic cancer currently has the lowest survival rate of the commonly known cancers, with 7.3 per cent of patients alive five years following diagnosis, compared to 58.4 per cent of bowel cancer patients…
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Jul 2021
Medical leaders are warning that the NHS could face staff shortages as an increasing number of doctors are deciding to work part time. Over a quarter of senior consultant physicians are expecting to retire within three years, however a survey by the Royal College of Physicians found 56 per cent of trainees were considering working…
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Jul 2021
A senior public health official has said health boards should consider cancelling non-urgent procedures to reduce pressure on hospitals in Scotland. NHS Grampian’s head of health intelligence Jilllian Evans, said it would “make sense” to defer some operations. Ms Evans said “It would make sense for us to try to mitigate as many risks of…
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Jul 2021
Collective bargaining describes the process by which workers negotiate terms of employment, through their union representatives; unions will most likely pre-negotiate, before negotiating and attempting to reach contractual agreement on a particular matter. This process is pro-employee and certainly gives a voice to workers in the betterment of their wages and working conditions. As well…
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Jul 2021
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced on 28 June 2021 that the European Union has adopted an Adequacy Decision which will allow data to “continue flowing freely into the UK”. This is excellent news for businesses and follows over one year of negotiation between the European Union and the UK Government. …
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