Insights
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The Neighbourhood Midwives scheme in Waltham Forest, north-east London, have announced their closure on 7 February 2019 with just one week’s notice. As a result of this, expectant mothers who...
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The Royal College of GPs estimates that the UK is 6,000 GPs short of what it needs. This has been acknowledged as changes have been announced as part of a...
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In a judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal this morning, it was ruled that supermarket staff (mostly women) and warehouse staff (mostly men) working at supermarket giant Asda...
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Sharon Allison, Partner in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained £450k for the family of a man who sadly died after a delay in cancer treatment. Mr F visited his...
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The A&E unit of Weston General Hospital was suddenly closed for at least 18 months due to a lack of staff making the unit unsafe. NHS managers in the local...
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If you or your business are facing a dispute, your first telephone call may well be to your legal advisors. Your next internal email to a colleague however could cause...
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Dental care offered by the NHS has been described as a “postcode lottery” by The British Dental Association. It comes after Mr Woodhouse, from Cornwall, was unable to find an...
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A hospital has refused to reveal whether its patients and staff may be at risk of a deadly asbestos-related disease, on the grounds of ‘commercial confidentiality’. High Wycombe Hospital is...
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Personal Injury Trusts are a way to ensure that when someone receives compensation for a personal injury, money can be properly looked after on their behalf. They will also not...
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There has been some significant progress in the claims being made for compensation. We can now update you about this. You may recall the reasons these claims are being brought:...
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Data from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England suggests that adults diagnosed with stage one skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of being alive...
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Between 200 and 250 deaths that occurred during or after cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital in London are to be investigated. The study has been initiated by NHS Improvement...
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