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Mar 2022
A review is underway at the South Eastern Health Trust in Ulster after an elderly woman died after spending eight hours in an ambulance. The trust said the woman was cared for by both ambulance staff and medical teams in the ambulance, adding that medical teams “did everything possible to resuscitate the patient” at…
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Mar 2022
According to a leading scientist, women who have the HPV vaccine may only need one smear test to help prevent cervical cancer in their lifetime. Currently, women in the UK are invited for screening every three to five years. However, Professor Peter Sasieni, director of the clinical trials unit at King’s College London, said…
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Mar 2022
In January this year the way that Financial Remedy Proceedings are dealt with by the courts has significantly changed. Ranging from the introduction of Allocation Questionnaires, to the new requirement for Composite Summaries, Asset Schedules and Chronologies. The raft of new guidance issued by Mostyn J and HHJ Hess is extensive, and comes with the…
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Mar 2022
Under plans to improve care for mothers and babies, the NHS in England will no longer limit the number of Caesarean sections it performs. Up until recently, maternity units have been encouraged to promote natural births and keep the Caesarean rate to around 20 per cent. Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, NHS England chief midwife and…
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Mar 2022
An NHS taskforce has been set up to tackle disparities in maternity care experienced by women living in deprived areas and those belonging to ethnic minorities. Studies suggest that black women are 40 per cent more likely to miscarry than white, and maternal death rates are also higher among Asian and black women. …
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Mar 2022
A Yorkshire-based MRI scanning service has been issued with a warning notice to make “significant improvements” after inspectors rated it inadequate. The CQC said it had “concerns” over the governance process at InPhase Mobile MRI Services Ltd which affected patient care. The company, which provides mobile scanning to NHS and private patients, said…
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