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Posted 12/06/2013 It has been announced that the largest database of those diagnosed with cancer is to be set up in England. The hope is that collating all the data...
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Posted 29/11/2011 A group of female former employees of Birmingham City Council have won a landmark equal pay case against the local authority.Some 174 cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff...
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Posted 24/10/2010 An NHS trust is facing legal action for clinical negligence after a nurse switched off a patient’s life support machine, leaving him permanently brain damaged. Jamie Merrett had...
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Ashtons Legal obtained a substantial settlement for an elderly Norfolk lady whose mishandled surgery has left her paraplegic. Mrs E was in her late 70s when she was admitted to...
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Posted 25/08/2011 Thousands of pounds have been paid out to a group of six employees who were sacked from their jobs in a bookshop after the store was unexpectedly closed...
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Posted 29/09/2010 The possibility of being laid off is still worrying UK employees, despite the country having emerged from recession. This is the discovery of the Protection Gap survey from...
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Posted 12/10/2010 A man who suffered a serious brain injury due to delays in his treatment has received a large clinical negligence payout. Addenbrooke’s Hospital will have to pay £2...
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Posted 10/10/2010 The BBC reported last week that a hospital has recently apologised for a human error which led to a pregnant woman being told after her initial scan that...
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Posted 01/11/2011 Employment law needs to be simplified as it is stifling companies, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.The body stated that sickness absence is a particularly difficult part...
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Posted 09/07/2013 A recent commentator estimated the MENA (Middle East North Africa) market to be worth $30billion, though this is probably made up by a large percentage of the heavy...
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Posted 02/09/2013 The BBC has reported that the NHS in England will publish quarterly lists of ‘never events’. The admission came as part of a response to a freedom of...
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Posted 15/07/2013 Today sees the publication of Bruce Keogh’s report into 14 hospital Trusts which have been identified as having higher than average, alarming, death rates. It follows the scandal...
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