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Posted 12/08/2014 An inquest has been arranged to investigate the death of a Luton girl following treatment for necrotizing fasciitis – also called the ‘flesh eating disease’. Link here to...
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Posted 30/07/2014 In 2009 the NHS introduced a number of service standards in relation to cancer waiting times for out-patient services and hospital treatment. One of the standards requires that all...
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Posted 13/05/2010 A man who helped to prevent a motorway pileup but was paralysed in the process has won a landmark legal case against a group of insurers. David Tolley,...
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Posted 26/01/2011 A woman has been awarded more than £19,000 in unfair dismissal compensation after lodging an employment law claim against her former managers. Christine Green, 66, was fired from...
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Posted 02/03/2011 While it is a myth that employees are automatically entitled to a day off on a bank holiday, employers are required by law to give full-time workers the...
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Posted 23/03/2011 New research has revealed that a high proportion of businesses are not yet ready for the implementation of new employment law regarding paternity leave. After April 3rd 2011,...
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Posted 25/02/2011 Companies listed in the FTSE 100 should make sure their boards are made of up 25 per cent female employees, which could be of note to employment law...
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Posted 18/08/2014 Cataract operations which had been outsourced to a private firm Vanguard Healthcare to help clear NHS backlog of patients were halted following complaints. Rosaline Wong, Clinical Negligence specialist...
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Posted 13/05/2010 Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice have shown that the number of people declaring themselves insolvent or bankrupt in the first three months of 2010 increased when...
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Posted 27/08/2014 A report published by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest has called for a greater transparency about the quality of healthcare in the private sector. Rosaline...
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Posted 11/08/2014 A major push is needed to boost mental health research, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has told the BBC. The Deputy Prime Minister said his party’s next election...
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Posted 04/02/2011 New research has revealed that a large proportion of British workers are unhappy in their jobs. The January Employment Index released by Monster.co.uk showed that almost three-quarters of...
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