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Nov 2015
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that when a worker increases their working hours, any annual leave which has already been accrued does not need to be recalculated retrospectively to take into account the increased hours. The case does differ in relation to future leave entitlement, which should be recalculated to reflect the increase in working hours. The law covering annual leave…
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Nov 2015
Family Law has once again been in the press recently with the Supreme Court giving two unanimous judgements reiterating the need for couples to give full and frank disclosure of their financial circumstances when divorcing. In the cases of Sharland and Gohil it transpired that the husbands had not provided the full details of the financial…
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Nov 2015
Sepsis, known as the ‘silent killer’ affects around 200,000 people each year in the UK and kills 37,000. It is the leading cause of avoidable death in the UK. The condition usually occurs when a bacterial infection brings on an extreme immune response which makes the body attack its own organs. Early signs, which are…
25
Nov 2015
According to research undertaken by Imperial College London, babies born in hospitals at the weekend in England have a “significantly” higher risk of dying or incurring brain damage than those born on weekdays. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, of 1.3 million births, found that there were 7.1 deaths out of 1,000 babies…
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Nov 2015
A report published by National Pregnancy in Diabetes has found that 75% of pregnant women who have diabetes have dangerously high blood glucose. The audit, which was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, looked at nearly 3,000 pregnant women who had diabetes in England and Wales in 2014. It found that 64% of women…
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Nov 2015
A study has found that a simple blood test has detected cells in 90% of early stage ovarian cancer patients, a significant improvement on other current methods, which have 50% accuracy. Ovarian cancer is known as the ‘silent killer’ because in many cases it is found too late. It affects around 7,000 women a year…
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