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Jun 2021
The World Health Organisation has said that cuts to the UK’s aid budget will leave millions of the world’s poorest people at risk of dying from “neglected tropical diseases”. They added that prior to its aid cuts, the UK provided funding to 19 countries through its “flagship” health programme Accelerating the Sustainable Control and Elimination…
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Jun 2021
It is now well known both that the Information Commissioner is responsible for enforcement of Data Protection and also that the Information Commissioner is increasingly taking action against businesses who have allegedly not complied with their Data Protection requirements. What is perhaps less well known is whether it is possible to appeal against a decision…
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Jun 2021
Latest figures show that the number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has topped five million for the first time. The data from NHS England showed 5.12 million people had been waiting as at the end of April. However, the number of patients facing waits of over a year has dropped for the…
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Jun 2021
Scientists are reporting that dengue fever cases have dropped by 77 per cent in a “groundbreaking” trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it. The trial, which took place in Indonesia, used mosquitos infected with “miraculous” bacteria that lessen the insect’s ability to spread the virus. The World Mosquito Programme team have said it could…
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Jun 2021
Immediate action is being taken after services at the Jessop Wing maternity unit were downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”, following a Care Quality Commission inspection, the report of which said the maternity unit did not provide “the standard of care women should be able to expect”. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it had…
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Jun 2021
Following an inspection of Botley Medical Centre in Oxford, the Care Quality Commission said they had “significant concerns” about patient care and the operation of the medical centre. This followed an earlier inspection in 2019, which found the surgery, which has 16,000 patients, to be inadequate. In its report, the CQC identified at least 219…
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