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Apr 2016
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a provision relating to absence management which was set out in a staff handbook had been incorporated into contracts of employment; therefore, a new attendance policy which the employer purported to introduce did not vary the employment contract and was not binding on the employees. At common law,…
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Apr 2016
According to a survey by Prostate Cancer UK, British men are dangerously ignorant of the prostate gland, with nearly 20% of those surveyed not aware they had a prostate and 54% not knowing where it was. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer in men, with 40,000 cases being diagnosed and nearly 11,000 men…
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Apr 2016
Scientists have developed a new drug which it is hoped could save the lives of millions of people a year. Sepsis, which is also referred to as septicaemia or blood poisoning, has no direct cure and currently kills more people than prostate, bowel and breast cancer combined. The condition affects over 19 million people internationally…
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Apr 2016
The new drug, Nivolumab, boosts the patient’s immune system to fight tumours instead of using standard chemotherapy. It dramatically improved the survival rates of patients in recent US trials and experts say it could be a ‘game changer’ in fighting aggressive head and neck cancers. The drug is currently available on the NHS for advanced…
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Apr 2016
NHS England has released official figures showing that Accident and Emergency performance in England hit a new low in February, for the second month in a row. Although hospitals are required to see 95% of patients within four hours, only 87.8% were seen within this time frame during the month. Candace Imison from the Nuffield…
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Apr 2016
A survey by the sick and premature baby charity Bliss has revealed that many neonatal transfer services throughout the UK are under-resourced and understaffed, with some babies having to wait too long for life-saving care. There are currently 17 dedicated transfer services in the UK transferring around 16,000 babies between hospitals. The survey found that…
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