08
Oct 2019
The government has announced that it is planning billions for hospital projects across England, including a £2.7bn investment for six hospitals over five years, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Under plans drawn up by health secretary Matt Hancock, the government has said £13bn will be spent on hospital projects, including revamping existing structures to…
08
Oct 2019
Experts say Olaparib could become a revolutionary drug in the fight against prostate cancer and the first genetically targeted treatment for fighting the disease. The precision treatment, which is currently used by the NHS for ovarian cancer, is being called a game-changer by oncologists. The drug which is also known as Lynparza, works by identifying…
08
Oct 2019
A new ultrasound technique which has been developed at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough in the technology for over 60 years. The new method, which uses existing scanning equipment, produces images which are ten times better than current scans, and researchers believe the ability to precisely locate tumours may…
08
Oct 2019
Leading charities Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support have both written to the prime minister warning that cancer survival rates will not improve unless the government tackles a desperate shortage of specialist staff. They estimate that at least 115,000 patients in England were diagnosed with late stage cancer (stage three or four tumours) in…
04
Oct 2019
Huddersfield based Mamas & Papas has been fined £20,000 for selling dangerous car seats. An investigation was conducted by Milton Keynes Council Trading Standards Team into the car seats which were tested in crash simulation using a child sized dummy. Mercury branded car seats were found to be defective as they could crack and allow…
01
Oct 2019
IR35 is a tax law initiative introduced in April 2000 to address issues of ‘deemed employment’ where a business engages workers on a self-employed basis, (usually through intermediaries) rather than on an employment contract, essentially ‘disguising’ the worker as an employee. There are benefits to the company in using this method, alleviating the requirement to…
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