Medical
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In June 2018, an inquiry found that more than 450 patients died after being given “dangerous” levels of drugs. Dr Jane Barton, who was at the centre of the scandal,...
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A report produced by Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England considered data on 13-24 year olds living in England with figures from Public Health England’s National Cancer Registration and...
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A stealth disease, otherwise known as Haemochromatosis, causes the body to absorb too much iron from food. This is linked to a faulty gene passed from both parents to their...
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A girl, aged eight, has received a payout of £5.85m after she was left needing lifelong care after she sustained serious spinal cord damage at birth. She was delivered at...
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Tony Lane, 54, died in extreme pain after his wife was told that an ambulance would take up to an hour to arrive as he was suffering from a stroke....
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A woman was given erectile dysfunction cream by her dispensing pharmacist instead of eye drops after her prescription was misread. She was provided with Vitaros instead of VitA-POS, a liquid...
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The family of a young Ipswich man who they believe took his own life after he was let down by a mental health trust are to begin court action against...
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Julie Crossley, an associate in Ashtons Medical Negligence team, has obtained £20,000 for a lady who was left with permanent eye damage after she was misdiagnosed with a cluster headache....
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Those in charge of the NHS in England have announced that a recently devised 10-year-plan may save half a million lives through the increased focus on prevention and early detection....
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Breast cancer is a disease that is generally associated with affecting women, but men get it too. Around 390 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK,...
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Hospitals in England are so overcrowded ahead of Christmas that experts say care is being put at risk, with some places having to turn away ambulances because they cannot accept...
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An Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely – Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London and president of the Royal Society...
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