16
Oct 2018
A recent study has found that a one-off genetic test could detect people born with an increased risk of heart attack. Furthermore, according to researchers involved in the study, the Genomic Risk Score (GRS) test could cost as little as £40, which would make it accessible for population-wide screening, and would likely take the form…
16
Oct 2018
Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as the ‘speeding allowance’ providing drivers with some leniency against speeding. For example, if you’re doing 33mph in a 30mph, you’re still breaking the law and can be prosecuted for an offence just the same. Speeding is a statutory offence, so no matter how justifiable your…
09
Oct 2018
The UK’s leading GP, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, has blamed a lack of resources for outdated methods, adding that doctors are not “technophobic dinosaurs”. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has urged health chiefs to get on board, indicating the transformation of technology as being among his top priorities since taking on his role. In a speech at…
09
Oct 2018
Cwm Taf Health Board in South Wales are investigating 43 cases of ‘adverse outcomes’ following births, including twenty stillbirths and six neonatal deaths, over a two year period from 2016. Interim director of nursing for the health board, Professor Angela Hopkins, said “We’ve undertaken a review to look at cases when the outcomes for pregnancies…
09
Oct 2018
It was announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock at the Conservative party conference that an emergency £240m will be provided to ease pressure on the NHS over the winter months, to enable more elderly and vulnerable people to be cared for at home, and free up NHS hospital beds. However, critics have said the funding…
09
Oct 2018
A government review claims GP appointments need to be longer than ten minutes, so that consultations are not crammed into each day and patients’ illnesses have time to be properly dealt with. The UK ten minute consultation length is thought to be amongst the shortest in the developed world. Lead of the review, Dr Nigel…
© Copyright 2026. Website design by Fantastic Media.
*The following are trading names/styles of Chadwick Lawrence LLP, Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors, Chadwick Lawrence, Yorkshire’s Legal People, Chadlaw, Acclaim
