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Nov 2020
Health chiefs have closed the birthing centre at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary in order to be able to focus staff on care for cancer patients. The reaction has been prompted by an “extremely pressurised” situation created by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has seen beds in excess of 90 per cent capacity, a massive change from…
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Nov 2020
According to a newly published landmark trial, patients whose cancer has spread to other areas live around a third longer on the medicine than those given standard chemotherapy treatment, some patients surviving over three years after the start of their treatment, more than double the average prognosis. Bladder cancer, which is diagnosed in over 10,000…
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Nov 2020
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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Nov 2020
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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Nov 2020
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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Nov 2020
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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