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The elements of negligence liability in nursing

Negligence is a civil wrong or tort and is best defined as actionable harm (Bolam v Friern HMC [1957]). Negligence has developed in English law under the common law by judges setting rules through...

Preparing for the liberty protection safeguards

The revised provisions will provide for an administrative system that will be able to authorise the deprivation of liberty of a cared-for person in any care setting, not just hospitals and care homes...

Increased maximum sentences for assaulting nurses

‘An assault on any individual or citizen in our society is a terrible thing, but an assault on an emergency worker is an assault on us all. These people are our constituted representatives. They...

Unlicensed medicines

The EU recognises that some patients' clinical need for medicines cannot be met by the current range of licensed medicines, or that it is simply not commercially viable for a pharmaceutical company to...

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