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Mar 2020
The landscape of Conveyancing has been shaken to its very core over the last two weeks, and has left clients and Conveyancer’s scratching their heads as to how best to handle the present crisis we face. The Law Society offered a brief note on their stance, which gave some direction, but it was not until…
24
Mar 2020
The prime minister has issued a call to industry leaders to develop new testing kits to establish whether people have caught the virus and developed immunity. As criticism grows over the UK’s lack of capacity for testing frontline NHS staff and suspected cases in the community, ministers have announced measures to test up to 25,000…
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Mar 2020
The Department of Health has confirmed that a drug which prevents the transmission of the HIV virus will be available in England from April. The antiretroviral medication, known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) stops the transmission of HIV during unprotected sex, and is already available in Wales and Scotland to people at risk of contracting the…
24
Mar 2020
NHS staff say they are being put at risk during the coronavirus epidemic due to a lack of personal protective gear, and have also expressed concerns that not enough of them are being tested for the virus. Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK had “stockpiles” of personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Samantha…
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Mar 2020
A study suggests that bacteria found in food and water may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes in people who are obese. Researchers found that patients who were involved in the study, all of whom were significantly obese, had more bacteria in their fatty tissue and livers, and a higher proportion of potentially…
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Mar 2020
An independent review into midwifery at North Devon District Hospital in 2017, not released at the time, raised “serious questions” about maternity care. An earlier review in 2013 by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) investigated eleven serious clinical incidents at the unit, dating back to 2008. The report identified failings in the…
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