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Defensive cultureThe report called for the Government to reconsider whether it is sufficient to rely on the current non-statutory duties in the Civil Service and Ministerial Codes and legal duties when ministers and the Civil Service interact with courts, inquests and inquiries.It said that the Government should “nonetheless introduce a statutory duty of accountability on

Sir Brian described the continued use of this line as “indefensible”. “It did not spell out the real risk,” said the report. “It gave false reassurance. It lacked candour, and by not telling the whole truth it was misleading.” He added that it was a “deliberate choice” by the Department of Health to imply an absence

“Many good quality trials have shown the diet to be effective in significantly reducing IBS symptoms,” says Laura Tilt, a FODMAP-trained registered dietitian. “Research shows that up to 75 per cent of people with IBS experience symptom relief with a low FODMAP diet.” Mapson adds: “The diet tends to work more effectively on people who have

Is it safe to lose weight when I’m pregnant?“Severe weight loss in a mother is dangerous as it can be associated with increased autism and cardiovascular disease later in life for the baby,” says Dr Caitlin Dean, a GP specialising in women’s health. “Most women expect pregnancy sickness. But if symptoms interfere with your ability

Seek help for a common mental health problem these days, and you may well find yourself referred for cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT. In a 2018 study in Frontiers in Psychiatry, experts argued CBT to be the “gold standard”, or “best standard we have in the field constantly available” in treating common mental health conditions

Ignore chronic inflammation at your peril. Recognised as a contributor to many deaths globally, half of these are partly attributable to inflammation-related diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and Type 2 diabetes.“Whilst helpful in the short term – as part of the body’s healing process in response to injury or an infection – inflammation becomes

Nobody in the UK has yet to be held accountable for the scandal.GovernmentA group legal action has been mounted against the Department of Health for its role.Specialist centres: A group of boys who attended and were infected at Treloar’s school for disabled children is taking legal action against the school itself. The school, however, blames

Factor VIII was a white powder that could be kept in a fridge then mixed with sterile distilled water and injected at home or on the go. It could be used when patients had a bleed or more regularly as a preventative treatment.People with haemophilia were freed from the shackles of the hospital, able to

Researcher Hannah Harrison, of the University of Manchester, said: “There are various risk-reducing options for women at high risk of developing breast cancer – for example, those with a significant family history or who have mutations in the BRCA genes.“However, not all drugs work for all women. This new approach means that we can start

The humble white sliced loaf has been an essential part of the fabric of British life for around 100 years, when it handily coincided with the invention of the pop-up toaster in 1926, it was a marriage made in butter-slathered heaven. “White sliced bread is one of the staples of the British diet and deeply embedded