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Jan 2023
When facing a driving disqualification, there are a few defences that your lawyer can use to reduce the ban or penalty points, including ‘special reasons’. A special reason is a mitigating or extenuating circumstance that can help an offender avoid or reduce a driving ban or penalty points. The special reason must be directly connected…
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Jan 2023
What is a sponsorship license? A sponsorship license grants permission to a UK employer to sponsor European Union (EU) and non-European Economic Area (EEA) skilled workers to work for them in the UK. The sponsorship license is valid for four years and employers have an option to renew it thereafter. The sponsorship license previously applied…
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Jan 2023
The British Medical Association quizzed nearly 4,000 junior doctors on whether they have ‘actively researched leaving the NHS’ in the last year and results showed that two-thirds had, while eight in ten said they ‘often think about leaving’ the health service. In the survey, the BMA asked the extent to which junior doctors agreed…
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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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