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Feb 2017
A new report published by NHS Improvement, has urged doctors to allow full-term sick babies to stay with their mothers whenever possible, rather than being placed in special care units. Keeping the mother and baby together encourages breastfeeding and enables the pair to bond, which could help with the baby’s development later on. Furthermore, within…
22
Feb 2017
Recent research from Will Aid shows that approximately 27 million of the 51 million adults living in the UK today do not have a Will – just over half of our population. This research highlights four of main reason why people have not yet made a Will: They simply hadn’t got round to it; Many…
22
Feb 2017
It has been reported across a number of media outlets that the Court of Appeal last week ruled that Tini Owens could not progress her divorce on the basis of the statement in her petition setting out what she considers to be her husband’s unreasonable behaviour. Whilst Mrs Owens was of the view that the…
16
Feb 2017
The GMB union have called on the government to intervene on bullying claims at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) and a news report by the Daily Telegraph has described a ‘culture of bullying’, claiming workers are being subjected to harassment and abuse. A number of 999 call handlers said that they were under so…
16
Feb 2017
A study conducted by Duke University in the USA, has confirmed that an increasing number of extremely premature babies are now surviving without any neurological problems. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and involving 4,274 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks, found that compared with those born at the same…
08
Feb 2017
Health leaders are warning that the length of NHS GP consultations are ‘crazy’ and are threatening patient care. The current average GP consultation length in the UK is ten minutes, which is the shortest in the developed world. There are currently 44 plans in England to reduce hospital care and push health services into the…
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