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Oct 2019
It would be hoped that subject access requests (“SAR”) are considered a useful tool to assist genuinely concerned employees in understanding the data held about them by their employers. Unfortunately, there is a growing consensus among employers that employee requests are being used to apply administrative pressure, expense and additional complexities, particularly when there is…
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Oct 2019
Section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 is a request by the Police for the registered keeper/nominated driver of a vehicle to provide the identity/details of the person who is alleged to have committed a driving offence (commonly, speeding). More often than not the person driving will be themselves so no further investigation is…
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Oct 2019
A defence case statement is a document, usually prepared by the defence lawyer, which is required to be prepared and served on the Prosecution (Crown Prosecution Service) in Crown Court proceedings before a trial hearing begins (at least 14 days before). Defence statements may be served in the Magistrates Court (which deals with less serious…
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Oct 2019
New research has suggested that doctors may be able to predict if lung cancer will spread and become terminal through a simple tumour sample or blood test, raising hope that tens of thousands of patients can be spared from gruelling radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Currently, around 47,000 people in the UK and 234,030 in the USA…
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Oct 2019
Following a successful recruitment campaign, 237 Australian nurses are due to arrive at Bedford Hospital, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The drive to recruit more nurses came about after the majority of the hospital’s Spanish nurses left earlier this year, with Brexit uncertainty being blamed. Stephen Conroy, chief executive of the hospital, said…
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Oct 2019
An independent review panel has said that there is a “very long way to go” before a Wales health board can be deemed to be safe. The panel was appointed following a condemning review into Cwn Taf, following the death of a number of babies The review which uncovered failings at Prince Charles Hospital in…
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