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Mother, 53, was needlessly given chemotherapy for 18 MONTHS

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A mother had 18 months of gruelling chemotherapy before doctors realised she had been wrongly diagnosed with cancer. In April 2017, Janice Johnston was told she had a rare form of blood cancer by doctors at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. But, after intense treatment failed to improve her condition, further tests revealed her symptoms were … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Tens of thousands may be self-isolating needlessly

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‘Operation Moonshot’ could result in tens of thousands of people self-isolating needlessly, experts warn The strategy, announced by Boris Johnson, aims to test 10million people a day   Experts say ‘fundamentally flawed’ plan would make 10,000 daily false positives Government criticised for pursuing plan despite major track and trace issues By Kate Pickles For The Daily … Read more

Family say cameraman was killed needlessly by stunt in drama as coroner rules death accidental

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The grieving family of a cameraman who was killed during a fatal stunt on the set of a joint BBC and Netflix drama said he died needlessly. Mark Milsome, from -on-Wye, Wales, was killed when a Land Rover ploughed into him during the shoot in Achimota Forest outside Accra in Ghana in November 2017.  The night-time stunt … Read more

Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly in lockdown, Oxford University report finds

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Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly in lockdown after being denied intensive care beds or mental health services, Oxford University report finds Study looked into cases of 16 women who died between March and May this year The report noted that a ‘lack of intensive care beds was repeatedly documented’ It also criticised access … Read more

Air hostess ‘needlessly’ evacuated jet on Stansted runway injuring 10 passengers

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A panic-stricken air hostess ‘needlessly’ ordered the evacuation of an airliner on the runway at Stansted, in which ten people were injured by sliding down escape chutes and being blown over by the plane’s exhaust, a report has revealed.  The incident happened after an engine of the A320-214 jet suddenly failed while it was building … Read more

Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of ministers’ obsession with ‘irrelevant’ R-value

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Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of the Government’s obsession with bringing the ‘irrelevant’ R value down, MPs and scientists have warned. Ministers are relying on the reproductive ‘R’ figure – the average number of people a coronavirus patient infects – to tell them when it will be safe to unlock the country.    Prime Minister … Read more