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Dec 2018
It has emerged that over 3,500 women have not received NHS cervical cancer screening information. The discovery was made by Capita, the organisation responsible for forwarding screening invitations, during an investigation into an administration error which is already known to have affected 40,000 women in England. The women involved are being written to and NHS…
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Dec 2018
Research conducted by scientists at Aberdeen University looked into the impact on where a person lives on their cancer prognosis, and found that there was a distinct ‘survival disadvantage’ on rural people when compared to their urban equivalents. Around 25 per cent of people in the UK live rurally. The research investigated the possible reasons…
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Dec 2018
An investigation has revealed that the cancer-causing substance exists in the buildings of 198 out of 211 trusts. Asbestos was commonly used as an insulator between the 1950s and 1970s and has since been linked to lung cancer and life-threatening scarring of the respiratory system. The substance was banned in 1999. However, buildings assembled before…
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Dec 2018
A new study has revealed that stethoscopes used by doctors are dangerously unclean, putting patients at risk of contracting MRSA and staph infections. The research that took place at University of Pennsylvania studied 40 of the instruments used by doctors at the intensive care unit at the university’s medical centre. All of the stethoscopes were…
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Dec 2018
Many businesses in the United Kingdom offer insurance benefits for employees in the event of their long-term or permanent incapacity during employment. This is commonly known as permanent health insurance (PHI) and typically provides a proportion of full pay to an employee for an often significant length of time where they are unable to work…
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Dec 2018
A recent case before the Employment Tribunal has highlighted the risk to employers of placing too much emphasis on the results of a drug test when dismissing employees to gross misconduct. In the instant case, a bus driver with 20 years of service consented to a random drug test by his employer. A saliva…
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