04
May 2018
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that 450,000 women in their late 60s and early 70s had not received invitations for breast screening since 2009, due to an IT error. He apologised ‘wholeheartedly’ to the women and their families, and has announced an independent review into the oversight. Of the 450,000 women that have been…
03
May 2018
The Court of Appeal has recently upheld a High Court decision to set aside an order to pay a judgment creditor’s costs by instalments, as the judgement debtor had not provided any evidence of a realistic repayment schedule. Meaning that, as a result, the creditor could proceed to exercise their rights of enforcement by whatever…
02
May 2018
Hospitals have recently reported a 130% surge in patients awaiting the results of scans and x-rays in one year, with there being on average 2,800 unreported scans per trust at the end of the 2016-17 year. The NHS Benchmarking report, which was leaked to the Health Service Journal, also found that two trusts had backlogs…
26
Apr 2018
The eagerly awaited new Practice Direction on Insolvency Proceedings (PDIP 2018) has been published today, 25 April 2018, and will come into force with immediate effect. The PDIP 2018 replaces all previous practice directions, practice statements and notes relating to insolvency proceedings (although it does not affect other practice directions in the CPR, the Practice…
20
Apr 2018
Much of the publicity surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation has focused on what needs to be done in the run-up to 25 May 2018 when the new data protection regime comes into force. However, it is what happens beyond this date that really matters because it is only when the processes and procedures introduced…
18
Apr 2018
Official figures have revealed that Accident & Emergency waiting times are at their worst level since records began, and experts are saying that many hospitals are still struggling to cope with the recent ‘eternal winter’. 29.1 per cent of Leeds Teaching Hospitals patients waited to be seen for four hours or longer last month. The…
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