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May 2023
A new artificial intelligence tool is able to accurately identify cancer on CT scans, in a development scientists and doctors say could speed up diagnosis of the disease. The AI tool, designed by experts at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the Institute of Cancer Research, and Imperial College London, could fast-track patients to…
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May 2023
Recent Canadian research suggests that medicinal cannabis can help relieve pain caused by cancer and reduce the number of drugs needed by patients. In a study of 358 cancer patients, researchers concluded it was a safe option for managing pain alongside other drugs. In the study, published in BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care,…
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May 2023
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust, where the Ockenden Report found there to be failures which contributed to the deaths of more than 200 babies, are offering tours of their maternity unit in a bid to show improvements have been made. According to the review board, the trust has delivered three-quarters of 210 recommendations to…
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May 2023
A new report has found that pregnant women and new mums are missing out on vital mental health services and the NHS is not on track to meet key targets. The Maternal Mental Health Alliance found a wide disparity in care for new and expectant mums across the country, and that progress was at…
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May 2023
After the second drug in less than a year has now been shown to slow the disease, experts say we are now “on the cusp” of drugs being available, something which had recently seemed “impossible”. The new drug, donanemab, works the same way as lecanemab, which created headlines around the world when it was…
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May 2023
In the recent case of Farzana Yasin v Swift Lawyers Ltd (2407552/2021) the Employment Tribunal held that Ms Yasin, (‘the Claimant’) was discriminated against on the grounds of pregnancy but was not unfairly dismissed. The Respondent was a Law Firm and the Claimant commenced employment in 2017 as a paralegal working on cavity wall insulation…
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