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Feb 2021
When parents separate, it is important that they start discussions early on about how they will share the care of their children to try and ensure that settled arrangements can be established as soon as possible. If it isn’t possible for an agreement to be reached either between themselves, through solicitors or via mediation then…
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Feb 2021
NHS England figures have shown that nearly 225,000 people in England have now waited for longer than a year for routine hospital treatment, the highest number since April 2008. This includes people waiting for planned hip and knee surgery. NHS England’s national medical director Professor Stephen Powis, said staff had worked incredibly hard to provide…
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Feb 2021
A new inspection report has revealed that nurses working at one of England’s largest hospitals were forced to care for as many as 17 patients each during the autumn surge in coronavirus cases. The University Hospitals Birmingham Trust has been criticised over poor governance and management of patient safety incidents after Care Quality Commission inspectors…
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Feb 2021
Hospital leaders say maternity wards will need an extra £400m of spending every year in order to make them safer for mothers and babies. They warn that without increased funding, the NHS will be unable to fully implement recommendations made by an inquiry into poor maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust, where…
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Feb 2021
The A&E department at the Royal Oldham Hospital has been downgraded by regulators following fears of “significant risk of harm” to patients after inspectors found some were crammed “head to toe” on trolleys during a surge in coronavirus cases. Bosses at the hospital have been told by the Care Quality Commission to urgently improve it’s…
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Feb 2021
A leaked document suggests the government is planning to reverse NHS reforms in England, introduced under David Cameron in 2012. The changes planned would aim to challenge bureaucracy and encourage health services from GP surgeries to hospitals to work more closely with social care, and the health secretary would take more direct control over NHS…
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