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Sep 2015
Figures from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) have shown that of all patient complaints investigated in 2014-15, 34% were in relation to not receiving a good enough apology when things have gone wrong. Other top reasons for referrals were poor treatment, errors in diagnosing conditions and lack of communication. The PHSO is approached…
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Sep 2015
NHS England and Public Health England have published the NHS Atlas of Variation, which looks at NHS service performance in over 200 regions across the country. The atlas has found a two-fold variation in fast stroke treatment and early cancer diagnosis, as well as highlighting significant differences in monitoring diabetes patients. The atlas also found…
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Sep 2015
The European Court of Justice has recently handed down a decision relating to workers who do not have a fixed place of work involving implications for many businesses. The case was brought by a group of technicians who did not have a fixed place of work. They were assigned an area to carry out installation…
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Sep 2015
A recent case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the fairness of a dismissal in circumstances where the decision maker was heavily influenced by input from the human resources department. It has long been established that procedural fairness will exist where separate personnel are used at each stage of the disciplinary process. Ideally, once…
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Sep 2015
In July 2013, fees were introduced into the Employment Tribunal system, requiring a payment of between £160 and £250 for claims to be issued. Further hearing fees were payable and there was provision for other costs during the case as well. This has had a significant impact on the number of claims which have been…
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Sep 2015
Three leading think-tanks have said that the NHS is enduring its hardest decade since its inception, with nine in ten hospitals in England expected to overspend their budgets this year. Experts from the Nuffield Trust, the King’s Fund and the Health Foundation have put forward gloomy estimations before the Government’s spending review this autumn. The…
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