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Jan 2016
A review involving over four million patients has suggested that an irregular heartbeat is riskier for women, and that women with atrial fibrillation (AF) are nearly 50% more likely to have strokes and fatal heart disease than men. Connor Emdin of the University of Oxford, part of the team that conducted the study, said “One…
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Jan 2016
Background Associate Solicitor in the Family Team at Chadwick Lawrence I previously practiced in the North East heading up a family team before joining Chadwick Lawrence in 2013. Why be a Family Lawyer? Family Law is an interesting and varied area of law. I am very much a ‘people person’ and personable individual and this…
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Jan 2016
It is an executor’s responsibility to deal with the administration of your estate after your death and it is usually recommended you appoint at least two executors in case one of them is unable to act due to their age, health or geographical location. Anybody aged 18 or above can be an executor of your…
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Jan 2016
Official figures released by NHS England have shown that for the month of November, many waiting time targets were missed by hospitals in England. Key targets missed included cancer services, ambulances and the 111 telephone service, with A&E departments only seeing 91.3% of patients within the four hour waiting time target, which is the worst…
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Jan 2016
An investigation by the BBC has discovered that many English GP surgeries have stopped or applied to stop taking on new patients. According to the British Medical Association, many have reached “breaking point” as they are having difficulty filling staff vacancies. A Freedom of Information request has revealed that in the year 2014-15, more than…
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Jan 2016
A midwife has been found guilty of deliberately drugging 15 patients, apparently in order to make her work easier, which left 13 of the patients needing to undergo caesarean sections to save the lives of their babies. The patients were administered with Syntocinon, a labour-inducing drug, which resulted in the heartbeats of some of the…
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