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Nov 2017
Following the recent Budget, which allocated £2.8 billion to the NHS over a 24 month period, NHS England is drawing up a list of non-urgent drugs and routine operations which they say they cannot afford to fund. The amount allocated fell far short of the £8 billion that Health leaders had requested. Medicines at risk…
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Nov 2017
A major national audit by the Royal College of Physicians has found that at least 675 patients have falls on NHS wards every day, many of which are preventable and caused by patients being unsteady from medication or not having the use of a walking frame. The audit found that there were 246,425 falls on…
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Nov 2017
A local family lawyer has called on unmarried couples in West Yorkshire to take action to protect themselves, as they could be vulnerable if the relationship breaks down. Sarah Crowther from Chadwick Lawrence made the calls as part of a national Cohabitation Awareness Week that is being led by Resolution, who campaign for a fairer…
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Nov 2017
An investigation has found that NHS patients are currently waiting up to two weeks longer for a routine operation than they were a year ago, with some patients waiting for more than two years. The figures showed that, although health service rules state that patients should be treated within 18 weeks, the average wait for…
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Nov 2017
NHS Providers, a body which represents health chiefs, say that rising demand outstripping the increase in staff numbers means that NHS staff are currently working on the “edge of safety”. Although there has been increase in staff numbers of six per cent over the last three years, the demand for services in this time has…
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Nov 2017
Chadwick Lawrence’s medical negligence department have again received a double accreditation, being chosen to feature in The Chambers And Partners and Legal 500 published lists of accredited UK law firms, showing that they are worthy of being ranked amongst the most outstanding law firms in the UK in this field. A rigorous selection procedure is…
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