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Accountancy regulators confront AI cheating in exams
Zoe Beels
11 December 2019
Supporting disabled parents
Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was quoted on the BBC Sport website on 9 December 2019, regarding the negative attitudes which she experienced as a disabled woman while pregnant. The article explains that when pregnant with her daughter in 2001, she experienced intrusive questions from strangers and came up against an attitude that she should not have children because of her condition.
9 December 2019
Organ Donation- do we know enough?
In 2020, the law around organ donation will be changing. This got me thinking - how much do I actually know about organ donation? The truth is, I know far less than I should and this was unfortunately the same amongst my circle of friends and family. Fortunately I attended an insightful talk hosted by various BAME groups such as Society of Asian Lawyers and the Association of Muslim Lawyers which opened my eyes to this life saving topic.
3 December 2019
How to complain about your GP or Hospital treatment
If you have received treatment from a medical organisation that falls below a reasonable standard and this causes you a serious injury, a specialist medical negligence solicitor can assist you in bringing a legal claim for compensation.
3 December 2019
Unequal healthcare for patients with learning disabilities
BBC News recently featured a video highlighting one family’s struggle to ensure that the avoidable death of their loved one, Paul Ridd, never happens again. Paul Ridd’s death in 2009 at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital was found by an inquest to have been contributed to by the hospital’s neglect.
25 November 2019
Still waiting in A&E…
Last year I wrote a blog about my experience in A&E and explored the government’s national A&E target to admit and/or treat 95% of patients within 4 hours . I was shocked to see how far the target was missed, and a year later, I’m getting a sense of Déjà vu….