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Yet another big hospital Trust fails to heave itself out of special measures.
Recent figures out from the Chancery Division show there were 368 claims lodged for breach of fiduciary duty in 2013, up from 107 on the previous 12 months.
Bad news for Victoria Hospital after an angry parent goes public about her recent experience with her son in the hospitals care.
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust revealed that 810 patients were not chased up after they had missed urgent cancer appointments.
A diagnosis delay has mean that a boy has slipped through the net and spent most of his childhood being unable to see clearly.
Lincolnshire’s main hospital trust will remain in special measures for another six months after a recent inspection revealed work is still to be done.
A nine year old girl has received a £5.5 million compensation payout after Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust failed to spot she had meningitis when she was 8 months old and sent her home with a 39.9 degree temperature.
A reminder that all employees with six months’ service now have the right to request flexible working under new rules which came into force on 30 June this year.
The essential point for employers to remember is that requests are just that. They can be refused on a wide number of grounds, including the cost to the business or the inability to cover work.
Discrimination law in the UK could expand to include obesity. Current equality laws do not protect people who are discriminated against because of their size or weight. But this could change if the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decides in favour of a Danish childminder who says he was sacked for being too fat.
Criminal convictions which have become ‘spent’ (elapsed) do not usually need to be disclosed to prospective employers. However, there is an exception where the job being applied for involves working with children and vulnerable adults. In those cases all convictions and cautions, regardless of how old or how serious, must be brought to light.