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Lehighton remains noncommittal on a tax deferment program to assist Lehighton Ford in the upgrade of its facility for electric vehicles. Borough council on Monday revisited discussion on an ordinance ...

Lehighton Borough remains active in its quest to name a new police chief. While no action was taken on that front, borough council discussed the matter during a long executive session on Monday. After...

Steve Barclay confirmed today that ministers are committed to implementing the rule, insisting the case for it is compelling. NHS England will now begin work to action it, he said.

Lehighton Borough Council on Monday accepted the departure of its police chief, then pivoted to name a new officer-in-charge. After a nearly 90-minute executive session, council on a 5-0 vote accepte...

Kyle Gallagher, 22, tried to contact both his mother and father complaining he wasnt getting help to breathe before he died in a Brisbane rehabilitation facility on July 14.

In today’s newsletter: After their daughter’s death in an NHS hospital, Martha Mills’s parents want to introduce a right to a second opinion

Protocol entitling relatives to ask for a senior clinician if they are unhappy with hospital treatment emerged from tragedy and has been invoked thousands of times

Although patients in England have a right to ask for a second opinion, there’s no legal requirement for doctors to provide one.

Martha’s Rule would give patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion, which could have prevented the unforgivable mistakes made in her case, says journalist Merope Mills

Mother of girl who died after hospital failed to admit her to intensive care says policy would make it easier for patients and families to seek advice from senior doctor