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Pregnant women in the UK will generally have a dating scan at 12 weeks followed by a further anomaly scan at 20 weeks. They may have more scans if there are concerns over the baby’s or the mother’s health. Recent research however has...
Across the UK, around 153 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every day and it is the most common cancer in men. One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Most men with early prostate cancer do not show any...
With symptoms which can often be disguised as the struggles of day-to-day life; type 2 diabetes can often go unrecognised and therefore untreated. The current estimate for people aged 16 and over in England with diabetes is at 3.8 million and is...
A recent study – entitled TRACERx – has provided the most comprehensive analysis to date of how cancers evolve and what causes them to spread. The project involved collecting genomic and clinical data from over 400 people with lung cancer...
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) have recently analysed the figures for A & E departments and have reported that one patient is dying every 23 minutes in England due to long delays. This statistic is based upon their analysis that 23,003...
A 2022 survey by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed only 69% of women and other pregnant people were given the help they needed when they contacted a midwifery team during their antenatal care. This is down from 74% in 2017. Further, only...
For anyone unfortunate enough to have required emergency care in recent months, they will have likely seen first-hand the current state of pressure on our urgent care system. Hours of waiting and a struggle to find beds. Patients being left too long...
New information has revealed that there has been an increase in the amount of 'never events' in the UK. In particular, a record number of ‘foreign objects’ have been left inside patients’ bodies after they have had surgery. NHS...
There are a lot of worrying cases of Strep A which is causing alarm across the country and parents and carers need to be vigilant. There has also been a request for GPs to exercise a low tolerance when a child presents with symptoms to prescribe...
To value a clinical negligence claim it is necessary to combine an award to compensate an individual for their pain and suffering (their ‘general damages’) with an award to compensate them for their out of pocket expenses, such as loss of...
