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Iodine in pregnancy thought to affect children's IQ

  • Ashton KCJ
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2013

Mild iodine deficiency in pregnant mothers is now thought to result in reduced IQ in their children. It has long been known that iodine was

Limits on contractual discretions

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2013

A recent UK case explored the circumstances in which contractual discretions can be limited. While not binding in New Zealand, the case provides

Resiliere: “to leap or spring back”

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 21 2013

It is not news that stress is a leading cause of ill health, absence and spiraling healthcare costs in both the NHS and the private sector. Research

Consultation on guidance: procurement, patient choice and competition regulations - an opportunity to comment on the practical application of new law

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 20 2013

Monitor has just released two draft guidance documents about the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, in force

IVF may be boosted by time lapse embryo imaging

  • Ashton KCJ
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 20 2013

Time lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF according to British research. The

Requirement that health club have defibrillator on premises does not create a duty to use the device

  • Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 20 2013

The Public Heath Law requires health clubs with 500 or more members to have an Automated External Defibrillator "AED", "a portable medical device

Nhs 111 and the rise in claims

  • Anthony Gold Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2013

In recent years there has been continued criticism of the places with poor GP cover at evenings and weekends and the increased pressure on emergency

When is a dentist not a dentist? Tooth whitening and the Dentists Act 1984

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2013

The nation's passion for cosmetic enhancement continues apace. When I was a child we Brits were as perplexed by the American obsession with even

Clinical negligence claims for NHS system failures

  • Anthony Gold Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

Three recent high-profile news stories are examples of how NHS system failures, not just substandard care by an individual health professional, may

Never say never again... "Never events" and NHS performance

  • 1 Chancery Lane
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

Most people don't know that the NHS has a list of "never events", being a list of preventable events that should never happen. The October 2012 Never