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Apr 2019
A document known as a “Notice of Intended Prosecution” is sent out to those who, for example, have been caught speeding by a speed camera. The Notice will ask you to provide the driver details of who was driving the vehicle at the time of the alleged offence. The Police will send the Notice of…
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Apr 2019
Employers can be liable for wrongful acts (or omissions) committed by its employees where there is a sufficiently close connection between the employees’ actions related to the employees ‘field of activities’, which falls outside the scope of the contractual relationship. This is commonly known as ‘vicarious liability’. The court will look at the nature of…
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Apr 2019
Researchers at the University of Michigan have studied privacy curtains located on over 600 specialist hospital wards and found that around 22 per cent of them were harbouring MRSA or other killer bacteria. The curtains, which are frequently touched and handled by patients, were also found to contain MRSA and are also a source of…
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Apr 2019
The beginning of spring has brought little respite for the Accident & Emergency departments in England, with one in seven patients waiting for longer than the four hour target in March, which was only a very slight improvement on the situation during the winter. This news comes following increasing concern about the pressure in cancer…
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Apr 2019
An emergency warning, covering certain areas within the area of Brooklyn, has been declared following a further measles outbreak in the state, meaning that all residents have been ordered to inoculate themselves or face a fine. In the last six months, there have been 285 reported cases in the area, 246 of whom were children.…
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Apr 2019
The Royal College of Surgeons have said that privately-run hospitals must take more steps to ensure patient safety and to prevent surgeons like Ian Paterson from harming anyone. Paterson was jailed for 20 years in 2017 after being convicted of carrying out unnecessary breast surgery operations. Surgeons say there should be wider access to information…
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