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Jun 2016
The combination therapy drug unleashes the immune system and in trials was shown to shrink the most aggressive type of skin cancer in 69% of patients. The drug, which will be paid for by the NHS in England and is likely to be approved throughout the UK, is giving “new hope” to cancer patients. Immunotherapy…
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Jun 2016
The British Medical Association has warned that the most deprived areas of England are facing poorer levels of GP care because of an over-use of locum GPs. Whereas the national average use by Clinical Commissioning Groups of GP locums is 3.4%, in some areas this is as high as 18%, and the BMA have warned…
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Jun 2016
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have published a report into the investigations of difficulties during labour and warn that too many are of poor quality. The review also looked into the number of investigations that involved parents and found that nearly 75% of those reviewed did not involve the parents in any purposeful…
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Jun 2016
A report by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, which compared the 28 nations in the EU, has found that a third of Britons under the age of 75 died needlessly in 2013 and that the deaths ‘could have been avoided in the light of medical knowledge and technology’. Professor Karol Sikora, leading oncologist and…
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May 2016
A team of experts say that thousands of type-2 diabetes patients in the UK are not being offered surgery that could significantly reduce blood sugars and in some cases lead to remission. Although UK guidelines do already recommend surgery for some patients, most doctors do not currently offer it and experts are arguing that the…
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May 2016
A worker supplied by an agency to work on the reception desk of a leading tax and accountancy firm in London was asked to go home when she refused to wear shoes with a heel of between 2 and 4 inches. The worker in question has arranged a petition which now has over 100,000 signatures.…
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