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Resiliere: “to leap or spring back”

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 21 2013

It is not news that stress is a leading cause of ill health, absence and spiraling healthcare costs in both the NHS and the private sector. Research

HSE commences investigation into death at Stafford Hospital

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

On 11 April 2013, the HSE announced a formal investigation into the circumstances of the death of Gillian Astbury at Stafford Hospital in April 2007

Limitation: date of knowledge in RSI claim

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 3 2013

Court of Appeal upholds decision in favour of Defendant; Claimant had the requisite knowledge to bring a claim for many years. This is another example

New criminal sanctions: will they generate the cultural change required for a safer NHS? Examining the Government’s initial response to the Francis Report

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 2 2013

The Government has accepted some, but not all, of the recommendations made by Robert Francis QC to introduce new criminal law sanctions. While the

Occupational disease claims: market developments - May 2013

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 1 2013

Statistics released by the HSE on 7 March 2013 indicate that deaths from mesothelioma continue to increase in Great Britain. The latest information

HSE responds to Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust report

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 22 2013

Following the publication of the report on the Public Inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, a Paper was presented at the February

Zero hours contracts on the increase

  • Clarkslegal LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 19 2013

According to recent reports 23 of large British firms (i.e. those with more than 100 staff) now engage individuals on so-called "zero hours"

Should obesity be protected by disability discrimination legislation?

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • April 16 2013

The UK reportedly has the most overweight population in Europe. Adult obesity rates have quadrupled in the last 25 years, and over 20 of Britons are

HSE launch inquiry into death at Stafford Hospital in 2007

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 16 2013

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed on 11th April that it has launched a formal investigation into the circumstances of Gillian Astbury's

Whistleblowing and gagging clauses

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 5 2013

There has been much sound and fury from politicians and the media about the practice of utilising "gagging" clauses in agreements between the NHS and