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May 2017
When making a Lasting Power of Attorney to deal with Property & Financial affairs or Health & Welfare it is obligatory to have a Certificate Provider countersign the document. A Certificate provider is an independent person chosen by the individual making the Lasting Power of Attorney to confirm that in their opinion the person making…
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May 2017
A review by The Health Foundation has shown that hospital waiting times in England have risen markedly in the last five years. In the twelve months between 2016 and 2017, NHS waiting time targets were missed for A&E, cancer and routine operations for the first time in its history, and the researchers warned that the…
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May 2017
A BBC investigation has found that on average, over 1,400 mistakes were recorded in NHS maternity units in England each week between 2013 and 2016. The figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request from 81 of the 132 NHS trusts in England, showed that over 305,000 incidents were recorded in the four year period.…
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May 2017
NHS Providers, a body which represents NHS trusts in England, have said that the pay cap on NHS staff of one per cent a year to 2019 must be lifted, as it was causing severe staff retention and recruitment problems, and putting patient safety at risk. The Public Accounts Committee warned last year that the…
05
May 2017
There are many myths about Wills and making a Will in today’s market. Maybe that’s one of the reasons 53% of UK adults have not yet made a will. At Chadwick Lawrence we like to tell you in plain English the ins and outs of making a Will and bust those myths so your mind…
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Apr 2017
In a recent case an Employment Tribunal considered whether an employer had breached an employee’s right to be accompanied to a disciplinary hearing and if so, what level of compensation would be appropriate. In the case the employer had a policy of refusing to allow employees to be accompanied by two brothers who were union…
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