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20
Oct 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Warehouse failure leads to delay in patient access to vital NHS tests

The Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche has said logistical difficulties with the move to a new warehouse has led to a “very significant” reduction in its processing capacity. Although a spokesperson has said that tests for Covid-19 would be prioritised, it is feared that the backlog could affect other tests, including those for heart disease and…

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15
Sep 2020

Section: Medical Negligence

Welsh victims of contaminated blood scandal “still waiting for equal payments”

More than a year after Wales health minister Vaughan Gethring said he wanted the matter to be resolved, contaminated blood victims in Wales are still waiting for a rise in support payments. Charity The Haemophilia Society has written to the health minister urging him to end the disparity where victims in Wales can receive £14,000…

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