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Nov 2018
New guidance has been launched by the RCM entitled ‘Midwifery care in labour guidance for all women in all settings’. The guide details recommendations for the care of women during labour and birth, covering topics including fetal heart rate assessment, eating and drinking during labour, and avoiding severe genital trauma. It also covers suggestions for…
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Nov 2018
The Supreme Court has held that a supermarket chain was vicariously liable for an employee’s violent assault against a customer. This overturned the previous decision of the Court of Appeal, finding that there was a sufficiently close connection between the assault and the employee’s job which involved dealing with customers. Generally, employers will be liable…
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Nov 2018
Scientists at Oxford University have cultivated a genetically modified virus which is able to destroy cancer cells. The virus targets both cancer cells and healthy cells, known as fibroblasts, which protect the cancer from the immune system. Current treatment that destroys fibroblasts, could also kill those in the skin and bone marrow. According to those…
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Nov 2018
Researchers from The British Heart Foundation have warned that failures to adequately treat patients with high blood pressure could see an estimated 115,000 people die unnecessarily from strokes and heart attacks every year over the next decade, adding that the situation could be prevented by an improvement in diagnosis and treatment. An increase in obesity…
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Nov 2018
The pioneering new treatment, known as radiofrequency ablation, uses a hot needle to zap tumours in just 30 minutes, removing the need for invasive and potentially life-changing surgery. The treatment also allows doctors to carry out a biopsy at the same time, to determine how aggressive the cancer is and how likely it is to…
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Nov 2018
Amid the scandal over patient deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, the health secretary has promised changes in the way NHS whistleblowers are treated. Nearly 500 patients died between 1987 and 2001 following the prescription of dangerous doses of painkilling medication while under the care of the Gosport trust. In a Commons statement, health secretary…
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