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...health officials eventually dropped this case and agreed that Hannah was competent to make her own decision. These issues do not only apply to complex ‘life and death’ decisions like Hannah’s but to everyday routine medical practice. In fact understanding children’s rights and assessing capacity to make decisions is relevant to the practice of all professionals...

...Health and social care professionals must make sure that they are able to justify their actions and decisions, work for the best interests of their service users and work within the confines of their employer policy. This is part of being ‘responsible’ and ‘accountable’ for actions and decisions. It is therefore important to be mindful of your digital footprint,...

...weekly prescription of morphine tablets – all covered by Mongolia’s national health insurance scheme. But Tumurbat’s condition has worsened in recent days and, as Odontuya and Solongo learn more, it is clear he and his family have not been sure how to react. Enkhjargal has not bought an additional drug, dexamethasone, that had been prescribed to reduce the inflammation around her husband’s liver and thereby temper the pain.......

...health and wellbeing, and restrict social freedoms such as eating out of the home...While food allergies were once thought to be more common in children, they are now more prevalent in adults. With 1 in 20 adults in the UK with a confirmed food allergy (Food Standards Agency 2024), we hear from the food allergy community what they would like businesses to do to create...