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Posted 29/07/2012 An NHS expert has said that the way vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature are monitored in hospitals needs to be standardised across the NHS. Currently...
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Posted 15/12/2009 The European Commission has raised concerns that current employment law in the UK is not providing adequate protection for those facing workplace discrimination. European officials have identified a...
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Posted 14/10/2014 Tom Cook, a medical injury specialist at Ashtons Legal, has succeeding in obtaining a substantial settlement for the family of a man in his 40s who died unnecessarily...
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Posted 24/09/2009 A Norfolk couple whose daughter was killed by an eating disorder have called for an end to clinical negligence in anorexia care. Christopher and Pauline Robinson made a...
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Posted 05/10/2010 A woman is suing a supermarket amid allegations that a dead frog she found in a wine bottle caused her to suffer from health problems. Isolde Beesley bought...
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Posted 04/12/2009 The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (Ucatt) has hailed the government’s plan to prohibit the blacklisting of workers under employment law. Alan Ritchie, the union’s general...
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Posted 19/08/2012 NHS Wales reports that men dialling 999 to report hangovers are among a list of inappropriate calls putting emergency services under sustained pressure. The Welsh Ambulance Service has...
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Posted 20/06/2012 With another dog bite case hitting the local headlines (click here to read the full story), it is perhaps as good a time as any to revisit this...
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Posted 09/10/2014 Antibiotic prescriptions and cases of resistant bacteria in England have continued to soar despite dire warnings and campaigns, figures show. Public Health England found a 6% increase in prescriptions...
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Posted 06/07/2014 Dying need ‘free social care’ say cancer campaigners A report issued by Macmillan Cancer Support says that providing free social care could save the NHS £69m a year...
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Posted 08/11/2010 A man who suffered devastating injuries when he was knocked down by a car has been awarded £1.13 million in personal injury compensation. Slovakian national Milan Rybansky, 34,...
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Posted 13/10/2009 The redundancy rate in the UK dropped to 233,000 in the three months to August 2009, official figures have revealed. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS),...
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