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Sep 2015
A recent case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the fairness of a dismissal in circumstances where the decision maker was heavily influenced by input from the human resources department. It has long been established that procedural fairness will exist where separate personnel are used at each stage of the disciplinary process. Ideally, once…
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Sep 2015
In July 2013, fees were introduced into the Employment Tribunal system, requiring a payment of between £160 and £250 for claims to be issued. Further hearing fees were payable and there was provision for other costs during the case as well. This has had a significant impact on the number of claims which have been…
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Sep 2015
Three leading think-tanks have said that the NHS is enduring its hardest decade since its inception, with nine in ten hospitals in England expected to overspend their budgets this year. Experts from the Nuffield Trust, the King’s Fund and the Health Foundation have put forward gloomy estimations before the Government’s spending review this autumn. The…
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Sep 2015
The Independent Cancer Taskforce has recommended that by 2020, 95% of patients should be given either the all-clear or a diagnosis within four weeks of a GP referral, potentially saving 11,000 lives a year. The target will be trialed in five hospitals and if successful will be extended to run nationally. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt…
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Sep 2015
16 medicines which are used in 23 separate cancer treatments will no longer be paid for by the Cancer Drugs Fund in England. Drugs for breast, blood and pancreatic cancers are amongst the latest to be discontinued. The drugs have been rejected because they are not providing enough benefit to the NHS in relation to…
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Sep 2015
According to a recent report, the number of senior doctors on duty in A&E departments over the weekend halves and death rates amongst patients rises by 15 per cent. Information obtained by The Daily Telegraph from 60 NHS hospital trusts, showed that whilst there were 210 consultants on duty mid-week, only 95 were working at…
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