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Stroke awareness: delayed diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and avoidable strokes
Posted: 13/07/2022
Recognition of the signs and symptoms of strokes and the need for prompt action in the face of these signs have received significant public profile in the last few years. However, an area where people are perhaps less aware of a link between action and outcome is atrial fibrillation, in particular, the implications in terms of stroke risk for a patient......>>
Consent and capacity to consent – when can the patient’s wishes be overridden?
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last year, in the case of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust v GH [2021] EWCOP 18, the court was asked to consider a scenario in which a patient (GH) provided informed and valid consent to treatment, but later sought to withhold that consent, in circumstances where the clinicians caring for her felt that she lacked capacity to make that decision......>>

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