Women encouraged to give birth at home – a cut back too far?

8 December 2014 By Linda Levison
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The Government backed organisation NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has issued guidance that it may be safer to give birth at home or in a midwifery unit if you have a low risk pregnancy. I’m not sure you can ever say a pregnancy is low risk until the baby has been delivered. […]

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Linda Levison,

Inheritance law changes in force from 1st October

3 October 2014 By Jamie Hanley
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Changes to the rights of people whose spouses, or civil partners, die without making a will have come into force. The changes apply in England and Wales and will effect you if you are: A married couple with no children. The surviving partner/spouse will now inherit the entire estate. Previously, the law stated that the […]

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Caroline Phelan, Uncategorized,

Dignity and Determination bring results after stillborn tragedy

1 October 2014 By Jamie Hanley
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The UK has one of the worst rates of stillborn babies in the developed world. Three quarters of a million babies are born annually here. Placental failure can cause the death of 1 in 200 of those babies. For those who survive, placental failure also causes oxygen starvation, brain damage and a limited life expectancy when it […]

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Marcus Weatherby,

Fight for justice!

3 July 2014 By Jamie Hanley
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Unite’s policy conference, in Liverpool, supporting fight for justice for The Shrewsbury 24. Fighting for justice is something that I have been involved with a great deal over the years. I believe when things are wrong we must speak out.  It was, therefore, a great pleasure to meet campaigner Ricky Tomlinson  at Unite’s policy conference […]

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Julie Winn, Uncategorized,

Case reporting – definition of Travellers?

3 July 2014 By Jamie Hanley
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PC Davies’s ethnic origin is Romany, a group also widely referred to as ‘gypsies’ (also spelt ‘gipsies’) or Travellers. One of the issues arising in the case was the meaning of the word ‘Traveller’. Contrary to what has been reported in sections of the press, PC Davies was not complaining that the term ‘Traveller’ is […]

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Author, Rhydian Reeves, Uncategorized,

999 call handlers and ambulance services: time for change

19 June 2014 By Jamie Hanley
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There is a real and serious need for additional resources and funding within the ambulance services sector, coupled with a significant lack of awareness amongst the public as to how our ambulance services operate. I have a number of cases involving emergency call handlers who have either failed or delayed to send out an ambulance […]

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Alisha Patel, Author,
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