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Mar 2019
Many people are unsure about their legal rights as a grandparent. Family conflicts often arise when a relationship breaks down meaning that contact with grandchildren can often become restricted or stopped altogether, leaving grandparents unable to spend time with their grandchildren. Unfortunately, grandparents don’t have an automatic legal right to have contact with their grandchildren…
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Mar 2019
As family law experts we often get asked by clients whether they can move out of the country with their child/children after a separation or divorce. In short the answer is yes, provided that everyone with parental responsibility consents to the move. However, in our experience, it is rarely that straightforward. Unfortunately, in most cases…
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Mar 2019
NHS England have said that there is no obligation for GPs to be at the helm of primary care networks, and that ‘any clinician’ in general practice will now be able to take charge. Under the new five-year GP contract, which was released in January, extra funding will be provided to practices to join networks.…
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Mar 2019
MPs are urging NHS England to stop the planned privatisation of cancer screening services in Oxford, following warnings by doctors that they will damage the health of patients. This follows the news that a private organisation has been awarded a contract to deliver positron emission computerised tomography (PET-CT) scanning in the Thames Valley, and that…
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Mar 2019
Donna Ockenden, a senior midwife who is conducting a review into failings in maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, has written to reassure parents over concerns that the inquiry was being ‘watered down’. Parents had objected to the scrutiny panel including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) over questions about…
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Mar 2019
Saying targets were becoming outdated, NHS bosses have unveiled plans for an overhaul of the A&E waiting time target, together with changes to waiting times for cancer and planned operations. Rather than aiming for all patients to be seen and treated within the target of four hours, instead the sickest patients will be prioritised for…
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