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Sep 2017
A study by Birmingham University has found that doctors are unwilling to make some urgent suspected cancer referrals because of a pressure to reduce costs. Interviews with GPs revealed that many were reluctant to refer patients if they had any doubts on whether they had cancer and many were concerned about being regarded by…
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Sep 2017
In May 2016 Mrs M, then 65 and employed by a local supermarket, went into the town centre of her home town to do some shopping. As she was walking along one of the main streets in the town she tripped and fell on a defective paving stone. She consulted our lawyers and on her…
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Sep 2017
New figures suggest that a quarter of NHS hospital trusts are failing to provide 50 per cent of their patients with antibiotics within the recommended time. The figures obtained from 104 trusts show that only 78 per cent of patients are being screened and 63 per cent are being treated with antibiotics within the recommended…
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Sep 2017
Following a recent Government investigation, 233 employers have been ‘named and shamed’ for failure to pay the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage; with the worst offenders being from the hairdressing, hospitality and retail industries. The result of this investigation is that circa £2 million will now be paid to around 13,000 employees in…
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Aug 2017
A recent case has clarified the position on whether voluntary overtime should be included for the purposes of calculating holiday pay. In Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that voluntary overtime should be included in the calculation. The case involved individuals working as electricians, plumbers, roofers and in other…
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Aug 2017
The director or vulnerabilities at the National Crime Agency (NCA), Will Kerr, on 10 August 2017 confirmed to reporters the widespread scale of modern slavery in the UK. The director reported that, amongst victims, the most common nationalities brought into the UK are from Eastern Europe, Vietnam and Nigeria. It was confirmed that there are…
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