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Dec 2014
Health think tank the King’s Fund has said that £2bn should be provided to NHS England next year. The call for extra money has come at a time when the deficit is increasing and performance is deteriorating, with targets being breached for cancer treatment, hospital operations and accident and emergency waiting times. In the last…
28
Nov 2014
It has been reported that the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is the third worst Trust in the country for complaints filed against it. The Trust includes Pontefract, Pinderfields and Dewsbury hospitals. More than 1,400 people filed a complaint against the Trust. 67 complaints were referred to the Ombudsman, 15 of which were investigated and…
27
Nov 2014
Christmas is once again just around the corner, and this means the “works Christmas do” will probably be taking place within your Company. For many employers this is a time to fear – misconduct ranging from general banter gone wrong to allegations of serious sexual assault and rape have been experienced in the past, so…
27
Nov 2014
Many businesses put detailed policies in place to monitor and manage sickness absence, with references made to absence reporting, return to work interviews, ‘trigger levels’ for formal action and cautions where absence is excessive. In a recent case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), the Judge had to consider the fairness of an ill-health capability…
27
Nov 2014
Introduction On 4 November 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) handed down its judgment relating to a dispute concerning overtime and holiday pay. This follows previous rulings in the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) which considered the relationship between certain payments such as commission and allowances, and holiday pay. The implications of this judgment therefore…
26
Nov 2014
The Patients Association has condemned the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), an independent watchdog which has been set up to handle patients’ complaints to the NHS, saying that patients are wasting their time. The role of the PHSO is to investigate complaints over poor service and unfair treatment that patients have received from the NHS…
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