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The ‘shame’ of cancer care for the elderly
Today the BBC ran an article authored by Hazel Brodie, of charity Macmillan Cancer Support , which discussed the 'shame' of cancer treatment for the elderly in the UK. The article states that the UK has some of the worst cancer mortality rates in Europe for the over 70s and that in...
The crushing impact of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Spinal injury can be catastrophic for those affected by it, as with the crushing impact it has on a person's independence, lives are never the same again.
Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is form of spinal injury that the medical negligence team at JMW sees frequently. If damage to the...
Nurse numbers fall but their impact on patient safety cannot be overestimated
Official figures have reportedly shown that NHS staff numbers have seen their biggest drop in a decade ( BBC ).
While many will welcome the reduction in unnecessary admin and managerial roles at a time when the NHS is facing unprecedented budgetary pressure, the fall in the number of nurses...
In a redundancy situation, selection for an alternative role can involve subjective criteria
Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd v Monte-D'Cruz [2012] UKEAT 0039/11 In this case, the Claimant's role was placed at risk of redundancy in October 2009 following the combination of 4 roles into a single head of department position. The Claimant was employed as a Senior Manager. The Claimant...
11 HGV Drivers Lose Their Vocational Driving Entitlements for Falsifying Tachograph Records
Scottish Traffic Commissioner, Joan Aitken, has revoked the vocational driving entitlements of 11 HGV drivers who worked for Boyle Transport Limited ("the Company"), one of Northern Ireland's largest haulage companies, for falsifying tachograph records. One driver has been...
Hospital care for older people compromised by lack of nurses
Today the BBC has reported news from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) that the care of elderly people is being compromised because there are too few nurses on duty. The RCN has called for minimum staffing levels of one nurse per seven patients to be brought into force to address the...
Successes and defeats for industrial disease sufferers
It has been a mixed bag of a week for those suffering from industrial diseases, as well as those of us who work in the professions supporting those sufferers.
First, we've had the excellent news in that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill has been...
