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Posted 09/09/2013 Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has given the assurance that Accident & Emergency (A&E) units in England should be able to meet their four hour waiting time targets this...
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Posted 20/07/2015 The corporate team at Ashtons Legal has advised Marriott Sinclair in a deal which will see RPC Consulting acquire the UK-based software and consultancy business. The deal means...
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Posted 07/01/2010 Bad weather inevitably results in more falls and injuries than usual. Despite that, very few people who fall and hurt themselves in the snow will have a claim...
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Posted 30/12/2009 People thinking of investing in agricultural land in order to avoid inheritance tax (IHT) have been told to ensure they take professional advice before moving ahead with their...
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Posted 23/06/2013 People with diabetes now have a much lower risk of dying prematurely than they did in the mid-1990s according to new research. In 2009 people with diabetes were...
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Posted 10/05/2010 A fear of redundancy and financial problems is leading to many UK employees returning to work too soon after long-term sick leave. Research by Aviva UK Health shows...
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Posted 14/10/2013 Recent research statistics have indicated that older doctors are more likely to pose a risk to patients than their younger colleagues. However, Ashtons Legal medical injury specialist Ben Ward...
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Posted 04/01/2013 Three hospitals in the East Anglia region have released figures to confirm that a number of operations are being cancelled for ‘non-clinical’ reasons which can include a lack...
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Posted 22/04/2013 HM Coroner for Norfolk, William Armstrong, has spoken out about the wider impact of suicide for families left behind and the need to provide them with more support.Mr...
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Posted 20/11/2013 Yesterday the Government published its response to the Mid Staffs Inquiry vowing to implement changes to the current system to protect public safety.The response has numerous recommendations however some...
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Posted 12/05/2011 A man who was severely brain-damaged in a car accident has been awarded personal injury compensation totalling £3.6 million by a court in Liverpool. Andrew Chin, aged 39,...
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Posted 12/05/2013 Hospital Trusts have admitted to 750 preventable mistakes over the past four years, which include foreign objects being left inside patients and cases of surgery on the wrong...
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