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Accountancy regulators confront AI cheating in exams
Zoe Beels
25 June 2020
Kidney Damage: Direct and Indirect Effects
There are many ways in which a kidney injury can occur, and whether a patient is under Hospital or GP care, it can have far reaching impact. In this blog I am going to look at both the direct and indirect consequences of compromised kidney function.
22 June 2020
Living with a Spinal Injury
Sustaining a spinal injury is a life changing event. A variety of symptoms can present. For example, loss of limb function, sensory disturbance or loss of bowel and bladder function. This makes it essential that an individual who has suffered a spinal injury accesses specialist medical and rehabilitative treatment as soon as possible to achieve the best possible outcome.
16 March 2020
Report reveals secrecy and fear in maternity unit in a Devon hospital
We heard from the BBC news today that a report that they had finally gained access to, revealed a lack of trust and low staff morale contributing to a series of problems in maternity care at North Devon Health Care NHS Trust between 2013 and 2018.
4 March 2020
Challenging hidden assumptions
Recent social progress in LGBT+ issues in the UK is a cause for celebration but it is not the end of the story. Heteronormative stereotypes persist and can be harmful.
24 February 2020
Delay in Diagnosis of Bowel Cancer due to NHS Understaffing
Cancer Research UK estimate that 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK. The director of research and external affairs at Bowel Cancer UK, Dr Lisa Wilde, has stated that “Bowel cancer is the UK’s second biggest cancer killer but it doesn’t need to be: it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early.”