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Nov 2022
In an attempt to cut response times, some emergency calls are to be downgraded by ambulance trusts. London and West Midlands Ambulance Services will take part in the trial, which will see category two calls, such as heart attacks, strokes, sepsis and burns, reassessed to see how quickly paramedics should respond. The move…
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Nov 2022
Amanda Pritchard, head of NHS England, told a conference the pressures on maternity care, hospitals and services caring for vulnerable people with learning disabilities were of concern, even suggesting the challenge currently facing the health service was greater than at the start of the pandemic. Ms Pritchard told the King’s Fund annual conference in…
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Nov 2022
The British Heart Foundation has warned that extreme disruption to NHS services has been driving a sharp rise in heart disease deaths since the start of the pandemic. The charity said ambulance delays, inaccessible care and surgery waits are linked to 30,000 excess cardiac deaths in England, and has called for a new strategy…
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Nov 2022
The uncertainty in the outcome to Court proceedings is referred to as litigation risk and arises from human unpredictability, the introduction of new evidence and the potential for varied judicial interpretation of the facts and law. A party, a witness, a lawyer or a judge may not act as anticipated. Evidence that only becomes available…
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Nov 2022
What is the Debt Respite Scheme? The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 came into force in May 2021 and were introduced to provide legal protection by way of a moratorium to individuals who are struggling with debt. Debtors can apply for ‘Breathing Space’ from…
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Nov 2022
Hundreds of people in England with hard-to-treat epilepsy will be offered laser therapy targeting the brain on the NHS from next year. A tiny laser inside a probe in the skull enables doctors to destroy the brain tissue which causes seizures. NHS England say the treatment is more precise and less risky than…
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