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Jun 2015
It has been revealed that staff errors made during childbirth and leading to babies killed or left with serious brain damage, cost the NHS £1bn last year. Official figures show that around one in four settlements were awarded due to failures by doctors and midwives to monitor the heart rate of babies. The largest claims…
15
Jun 2015
On 5 June 2015, the Football League (FL) amended the regulations that apply to insolvent football clubs (FL regulations). The changes come into effect from 8 August 2015, being the start of the 2015-16 football season. A core asset of a company that trades as a football club is the club’s share in the FL…
12
Jun 2015
Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, has announced that half of Cumbria, the majority of Devon and the whole of Essex is to be placed under national supervision. Troubleshooters will be sent to the failing hospitals, to tackle A&E departments that persistently breach waiting times and failures to stick to budgets. The three main…
12
Jun 2015
According to eye surgeons, a simple jab could cure glaucoma, a sight-robbing condition usually caused by damage to the optic nerve. Approximately 600,000 people in Britain suffer from the condition, a permanent narrowing of the vision, which results from an excessive build up of fluid in the eye. Vision narrows progressively as the nerve damage…
09
Jun 2015
New figures show that GP workload pressures and staff shortages are leading to practice closures and patients having to find a new GP. Figures obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that 61 practices have closed in England, Wales and Scotland since April 2013, and this has meant that over 160,000 patients have had to…
05
Jun 2015
A study has found that patients are less likely to be referred by their GP for tests to diagnose cancer if they live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, and also found that, of six countries investigated, the UK has the second-worst cancer survival rates. The study, which was conducted by the International Cancer Benchmarking…
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