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Jun 2016
A report by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, which compared the 28 nations in the EU, has found that a third of Britons under the age of 75 died needlessly in 2013 and that the deaths ‘could have been avoided in the light of medical knowledge and technology’. Professor Karol Sikora, leading oncologist and…
27
May 2016
A team of experts say that thousands of type-2 diabetes patients in the UK are not being offered surgery that could significantly reduce blood sugars and in some cases lead to remission. Although UK guidelines do already recommend surgery for some patients, most doctors do not currently offer it and experts are arguing that the…
27
May 2016
A worker supplied by an agency to work on the reception desk of a leading tax and accountancy firm in London was asked to go home when she refused to wear shoes with a heel of between 2 and 4 inches. The worker in question has arranged a petition which now has over 100,000 signatures.…
27
May 2016
The Government has recently announced that a new task force is to be created by the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education, to create apprenticeship opportunities for those with learning difficulties. The announcement is part of the government’s aim to create 3 million more…
27
May 2016
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has examined the link required between an employee’s conduct and their disability in the context for a claim for discrimination arising from disability. Under the Equality Act 2010, discrimination due to disability occurs where A treats B unfavourably because of something arising in consequence of B’s disability and A cannot…
25
May 2016
Experts are warning that following a record overspend of £2.45bn by hospitals and other NHS trusts in England last year, patients could suffer, with hospital chiefs warning that the need to use extra money to bail themselves out this year, could lead to poorer patient care and longer waiting times. Chris Hopson, chief executive of…
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