Sellafield fined £400,000 following fractured spine at work
Sellafield Ltd, a large nuclear power plant controlled by government body the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has received a hefty fine after their employee sustained lifechanging injuries at work. The unnamed employee was working for the site in October 2021 when he was asked to repair a leaking pipeline, which was slippery due to leaking…
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Mothers denied gas and air during labour
Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have temporarily suspended the use of gas and air due to fears that midwives and doctors have been exposed to unsafe levels. Gas and air, also known as Etonox or nitrous oxide, has been found that with prolonged exposure it can affect vitamin B12 levels which may lead to…
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Dental patient awarded £20,000 following years of negligent treatment resulting undiagnosed tooth decay
Amy Matthews, a regular dental attendee, will suffer losing multiple teeth following her dentist’s failure to diagnose tooth decay throughout her childhood. A damages award of £20,000 has been settled but with no admission of liability. Ms Matthews had visited Normanby Dental for thirteen years and had a variety of treatments over the years,…
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Doctors strike to commence after Government meeting fails
Junior doctors in the UK have confirmed that the 72 hour strike will go ahead after what was said to be a “disappointing” meeting between the Government and the British Medical Association reps on Thursday. Should an agreement in relation to the pay dispute not be reached by 13 March, the 72 hour strike…
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2.3bn-a-year shortfall exposed in England’s care home system ‘putting people at risk’.
A figure suspected to be around 2.3bn-a-year has become highlighted as a shortfall in funding for elderly care homes. The standards of living for hundreds of thousands of people residing in care homes could be at risk. A task undertaken by the government to try uncover the true cost of care highlighted a 20%…
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Law four-day week blocked by cultural norms
After the trial period of the four-day working week ended, it has been concluded that law firms in the UK currently seem resistant to changes in the structure of employee hours. Four-Day Week Global recently published the results of the reduced working hours trial, which was a culmination of six months of four-day working…
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Grant of probate wait now exceeding 10 weeks
The HM Courts and Tribunals Service reveals that average waiting times between probate applications being received and granted exceeded ten weeks in December of 2022. Though it neared the ten-week window several times in 2022, it never went higher than an average of 9.4 weeks right up until December, when it shot up to…
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Hearing loss caused by headphones and loud venues
One Billion children at risk of hearing loss Valley Children’s Healthcare has seen an increase in the number of hearing loss in children. Research suggests more than one billion teenagers and children are at risk of hearing loss due to unsafe listening practises. Sound is measured in decibels (dB). A whisper is 30…
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Healthcare crisis for elderly who are enduring chronic pain from lack of NHS support
Huge numbers of elderly people are enduring chronic pain and anxiety due to the lack of support and care that the NHS is able to provide to them, leading to a variety of unmet support needs. A report by Age UK has drawn attention to this estimating that over 12% of people over 50…
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