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Campaign to encourage amputees to #GetMoving this month
- 06.04.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Today is World Physical Activity Day and what better way to celebrate than finding ways to #GetMoving. As part of Limb Loss Awareness Month, multiple amputation charities have joined forces to make April 2017 the very first awareness month like this in the UK.
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Safety of patients at risk when ordering prescriptions online
- 06.04.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Online providers of medical prescriptions have been criticised by inspectors for putting the safety of patients at risk.
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Police in Manchester going undercover to catch drivers overtaking cyclists
- 21.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury, Personal-injury
Undercover police are posing as cyclists to try and catch drivers who overtake dangerously close in Manchester
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Why I'm Welcoming World Delirium Day 2017
- 15.03.2017
- HannahBottomley
- Clinical-negligence, Opinion, Clinical-negligence, Opinion
I often comment on news articles and campaigns targeting different medical conditions and illness but only a few campaigns deal with such a specific age related condition as delirium.
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Number of ambulance calls to trampoline parks disclosed
- 15.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
More than 300 ambulances were called out to trampoline parks due to injuries on the equipment in the UK this year.
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Report into Cycle Superhighways impacting collision rates
- 14.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Personal-injury
A report has questioned the Cycle Superhighways in London are really protecting cyclists from collisions. Statistics were gathered over eights years by the Centre for Transport Studies who found that routes with large proportion of segregated lanes were more effective at protecting cyclists.
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Sepsis kills more people each year than three types of cancer
- 13.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Survivors of sepsis are raising awareness about the condition which kills more people in the UK each year than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.
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Babies at risk of dying from bacteria infection during pregnancy
- 08.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
The number of babies being made ill or even dying from early onset group B streptococcus (GBS) has risen by 12% between 2011 and 2015. There are screenings available but these are currently not mandatory in the UK.
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Robots to diagnose patients rather than doctors with new app
- 08.03.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Patients will soon be able to receive a full diagnosis from a new app under development for smartphones. A pilot scheme has begun which encourages people to use 'chatbots' which will assess calls made to the NHS 111 non-emergency helpline.
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Five-year-old dies after being minutes late for GP appointment
- 27.02.2017
- EmmaArnold
- Clinical-negligence, Clinical-negligence
Doctor received only a written warning when Ellie-May, aged five, died after being turned away from an emergency GP appointment.
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