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Aug 2016
A new study has suggested that the increase of privatisation of healthcare, which has been named “patient choice”, could be damaging to the NHS and ultimately lead to a decline in the standard of treatment for the sick, the poor and the old. Amongst the founding principles of the NHS is the necessity to meet…
02
Aug 2016
A report published by Macmillan Cancer Support has suggested that over 170,000 UK patients diagnosed with cancer 40 years ago are still alive. The charity also said that patients are twice as likely to survive for at least ten yeas after diagnosis than at the start of the 1970s. However, the report, named Cancer Then…
02
Aug 2016
Elderly patients are being denied life-changing cataract surgery by three quarters of hospitals until their sight becomes so poor that it is all but completely lost. Cataracts grow worse over time and affect some patients to such an extent that they are unable to watch TV, recognise faces, drive or read. However, some trusts refuse…
29
Jul 2016
The Government has published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on disabled people. The Select Committee published the report in March 2016 which considered whether the Equality Act 2010 provides sufficient protection from disability discrimination. The conclusion was, in short, that sufficient protection…
29
Jul 2016
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of an Employment Tribunal in respect of an unfair dismissal claim involving a head teacher and disclosure of relationships. The headteacher in question did not disclose her relationship with a sex offender. The school had dismissed the Head Teacher for misconduct on account of the non-disclosure. The…
29
Jul 2016
The Employment Appeals Tribunal has held that an employee was automatically unfairly dismissed for making protected disclosures even though the individual who dismissed the employee did not know about the protected disclosure. The Employment Rights Act 1996 states that a worker must not be subjected to any detriment by their employer because they have made…
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