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Sep 2014
GP practices that are currently providing inadequate care are to be provided with deadlines to improve or face potential closure, under recently proposed special measures. The special measures will be introduced from October this year by the Care Quality Commission, coinciding with 8,000 practices being rated on whether they are outstanding, good, requiring improvement or…
03
Sep 2014
Researchers at the Monash Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, have identified three types of stem cells in umbilical cord blood, which could be the key to preventing cerebral palsy. The researchers have found that giving back the blood to newborns within 12 hours of birth could prevent the likelihood of birth asphyxia, which…
26
Aug 2014
For transfers taking place on or after 31st July 2014, the final change impacting on business transfers came into effect. A new Regulation 13A of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) now allows businesses with fewer than 10 employees to consult directly with affected employees in cases where there is no…
26
Aug 2014
A new Health & Work Service is likely to be launched in late 2014 which introduces an independent sickness assessment aimed at cutting sick pay costs and reducing sickness absence levels. The Government has now announced that the service will be delivered by Health Management Limited and the service will work initially by providing employees…
26
Aug 2014
Recent statistics released by the Ministry of Justice show that there has been a 79% fall in claims brought before the Employment Tribunal since the introduction of fees in July 2013. In response, the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) suggests that the statistics are a “huge victory” for Britain’s worst bosses. To highlight the impact that…
06
Aug 2014
Investigators at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are asking medical staff to watch for early signs of an unusually small baby developing in a mother with preeclampsia. This condition is identified through high blood pressure and protein in the mother’s urine. Through research undertaken at the university, it was determined that smaller-than-average babies…
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