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Proposed changes to the law mean families who lose a child or an elderly parent through hospital negligence will have no means of redress, according to a bereaved Kesgrave couple....
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Thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is not being spotted early enough, a charity has warned. Beating Bowel Cancer found wide variation within...
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NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has praised the “Hello My Name Is…” campaign started by terminally ill Dr Kate Granger. The CNO spoke out as it was...
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Addenbrooke’s Hospital is at the heart of a legal challenge over their ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ policy. The family of Janet Tracey, who died in March 2011 are seeking a national...
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If so, did this make a difference to you in either the short or long term? All too often we see people who didn’t receive the follow up that they...
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A report by the Royal College of Surgeons and Age UK, “Access all Ages”, says that some patients miss out on vital treatment because they are judged purely on their...
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Data from trusts in England suggests that access to NHS care, including knee and hip operations, is being restricted. GP Magazine gathered evidence under the Freedom of Information Act, which...
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A recent study performed in Sweden suggests that women who are diagnosed with cancer following a smear test have a greater chance of being cured than women who do not...
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Headline news today was of the huge regional variability in levels of lower limb amputations in those suffering from diabetes. The levels vary from 2 in 10,000 to 22 in...
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The new Cromer Hospital opened for business on Saturday 3 March 2012. The new hospital cost approximately £15m, the majority of which came from a legacy left by Cromer widow...
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The NHS has admitted clinical negligence after two transplant patients were given kidneys that had been taken from a donor who was suffering from an aggressive and rare form of...
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A man who was forced to wait outside a hospital in the south-west of England for 25 minutes despite suffering a heart attack is to launch a clinical negligence case....
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