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Withholding redundancy payments and unreasonable refusals of suitable alternative employment

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 8 2013

In the case of Readman v Devon PCT, Mrs Readman worked for the respondent PCT from 1985 to 2008 in community based nursing. She was ultimately

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

Window safety back on the agenda

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 8 2013

An NHS foundation trust was fined £66,000 and ordered to pay £43,000 costs last month for breaching Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc Act

Dismissals for breakdown in working relationships

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

In a decision handed down on 19 July 2012 in the case of Sian Kerslake v North West London Hopsitals NHS, the High Court held that a Trust could proceed with an internal hearing to consider if a consultant should be dismissed for “some other substantial reason” (SOSR) where it was alleged that there had been a breakdown in the working relationship

Department publishes briefing on new ban on age discrimination

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

The DH has published guidance, entitled Implementing a ban on age discrimination in the NHS - making effective, appropriate decisions, to coincide with the coming into force of the new provisions banning discrimination on the ground of age in the provision of goods and services

Overturning dismissals in internal appeal hearings

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 4 2013

In the case of Piper v Maidstone & Tunbridge NHS Trust, the NHS trust employer dismissed the claimant, who had been employed as a chaplain, for gross

What is a reasonable adjustment for disability discrimination purposes?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 3 2012

Reasonable adjustments (RAs) is a phrase which offers so much room for interpretation that it often finds itself the subject of deliberation in disability discrimination cases

Tribunal finds that a pay progression policy breaches Agenda for Change (AFC)

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 12 2012

In 2010, the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust implemented a new pay progression policy

Trade unions attempt to seek judicial review of procurement decisions

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 12 2012

In the case of R v NHS Shared Business Services Ltd and another, the High Court rejected Unison’s application for judicial review of the decision made by ten primary care trusts (PCTs) to enter into contracts to outsource certain services