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Jan 2023
Latest figures from the health service show that a record number of cancer patients started receiving treatment last year, but waiting lists were also the longest ever during the same period. Over 320,000 people received cancer care in the 12 months from November 2021, an increase of more than 8,000 on the same period…
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Jan 2023
A pioneering NHS trial is underway to assess whether proton beam therapy can help certain breast cancer patients. The world-first study will compare the hi-tech treatment with standard radiotherapy for those considered to be at higher risk of long-term heart problems. The treatment uses charged particles rather than x-rays to target tumours more…
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Jan 2023
Ministers are facing increasing pressure to respond to “intolerable and unsustainable” pressure facing the NHS. Senior doctors have described the NHS as on a knife edge, with some A&E departments in a “complete state of crisis”. Hospitals are experiencing soaring demand, which experts believe is partly driven by winter illnesses like Covid and…
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Jan 2023
Recent data from NHS England shows that there were over 3,700 patients each day in hospital with flu last week, up from 520 a day the week before. Of these, 267 patients needed specialised care in critical care beds last week. NHS England have warned that pressures on the health service continue to grow…
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Jan 2023
A leading clinician has said that several of Scotland’s Accident & emergency departments want emergency measures brought in due to concerns about patient safety. Dr John Paul Loughrey of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said patients were having to endure “inhumane” conditions because of high occupancy. A&E waiting times have been the…
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Jan 2023
The new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 became law on 6 April 2022. Often referred to as the ‘no-fault’ divorce law, it aims to reduce hostility between couples. The new law removes any need for either party to blame the other, for example, by alleging adultery or unreasonable behaviour, allowing individuals to simply state…
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