Deemed Consent for Organ Transplantation in Wales – Tom Hayes

Posted on 5 July 2013 by Christopher Burns

During national transplant week we are reminded of the triumph of modern medicine that allows organs and tissue of the recently deceased to be transplanted into those in need. There are currently 229 people on the transplant waiting list in Wales. With the potential for so many lives to be saved (or dramatically improved) through
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The Francis Inquiry Report into Events at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust: The Proposed Duty of Candour – Professor Vivienne Harpwood

Posted on 12 February 2013 by Alison Tobin

Those with long memories will have read The Francis Report with a sense of déjà vu. The Report, published on February 6th 2013, contained echoes of recommendations made in the Kennedy Report into children’s heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 2001.  Both reports were the culmination of many months of investigating and sifting
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