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Posted 20/11/2013 Yesterday the Government published its response to the Mid Staffs Inquiry vowing to implement changes to the current system to protect public safety.The response has numerous recommendations however some...
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Posted 12/05/2011 A man who was severely brain-damaged in a car accident has been awarded personal injury compensation totalling £3.6 million by a court in Liverpool. Andrew Chin, aged 39,...
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Posted 12/05/2013 Hospital Trusts have admitted to 750 preventable mistakes over the past four years, which include foreign objects being left inside patients and cases of surgery on the wrong...
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Posted 17/03/2010 A woman who insists that she was sacked from her job as a high-flying executive because she was pregnant is seeking compensation with the assistance of her lawyers....
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Posted 02/12/2009 A woman has called for greater responsibility in the hairdressing industry after winning her £2,000 compensation claim against a salon. Charlotte Gilchrist took legal action against her hairdresser...
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Posted 06/06/2011 A man who launched a personal injury claim against supermarket Asda after he slipped on a grape in its Peterborough store has been awarded more than £10,000. It...
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Posted 05/06/2011 Firms hoping not to fall foul of employment law regulations regarding health and safety in the workplace may like to consider bringing in outside help if they are...
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Posted 08/03/2010 Business owners could be putting themselves at risk of breaching employment law by discriminating against potential candidates based on ethnicity and other factors. New research by Milkround.com found...
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Posted 23/12/2013 Health services provided in the community are to be inspected more often by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The inspections have been announced following the movement of medical...
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Posted 20/05/2015 At long last, we have a European decision which has clarified what the meaning of “establishment” is for collective redundancy purposes. This decision has overturned the surprising Employment...
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Posted 08/05/2013 ‘Never event’ is a term that has been used within our hospitals to describe events that should never happen. These include operating on the incorrect side of the...
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Posted 24/03/2010 Employers could soon be prevented from asking for information about the health of job applicants as part of their recruitment process. The proposed piece of legislation was one...
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