Compensation limits – Will the FSCS increase them for pensions in line with the Financial Ombudsman Services increase?
If you have been provided with negligent financial advice, you can make a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) or to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for compensation. This is to try and recover any losses that you have suffered and to put you back in the position you would have been…
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Unprecedented difficulties with dental treatment in the UK
Research has found that 9 in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service. 8 in 10 dental practices are not taking on children. The British Dental Association has said that NHS dentistry was at a ‘tipping point’ after a decade of under-investment.…
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Working at Heights can have Catastrophic Results
Certain roles carry an inherent risk and working at heights presents obvious challenges in terms of employees’ health and safety. The HSE website gives clear advice and sets out that, even if a job takes mere minutes, sensible precautions (such as harnesses for example) should be taken. Anyone working at height should be properly…
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When is it too hot to work? Elevated temperatures and the current Workplace Regulations.
The South China Morning post has recently reported that the Chinese Labour Chief, Chris Sun yuk-han has refused to make heatstroke an occupational disease after Hong Kong has recently suffered record temperatures. Something we believe everyone here in the UK also has some sympathy with lately. An observatory in Hong Kong has shown that…
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Wrong use of inhalers placing asthma suffers at risk
Research by charity, Asthma + Lung UK[1], has found that as many as one in five people with Asthma may be unknowingly using the wrong inhaler. There are two types of inhaler: A reliever inhaler, which reduces symptoms, and: A preventer inhaler, which should be used on a daily basis to keep down inflammation and swelling in…
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Noise and the Nightclub Worker
Loud music and noise are seen as essential parts of the events industry. Inevitably, this leads to staff at major risk of hearing problems and deafness.
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Office bullying, and how it has become a playground to prey on the vulnerable
The Scenario – Your colleague has just shouted at you in front of your whole team, humiliating you yet again after months of similar conduct by them. Despite your repeated complaints to your line manager about the bullying and its impact on your mental health, the conduct has continued and nothing has been done…
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World Drowning Prevention Day
Today is World Drowning Prevention Day where organisations around the world coordinate efforts to prevent drowning. Recent hot weather has caused 12 deaths in this country alone, with even people who can swim getting into difficulties in the water. Partly this is due to the unexpected ‘shock’ the body can go into when it…
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Sepsis: Cwm Taf Morgannwg failures ‘led to woman’s death’
The Ombudsman has found that Princess of Wales Hospital failed to diagnose a patient (Mrs F) with appendicitis twice, leading to the appendix rupturing and Mrs F sadly contracting sepsis and passing away the following month. During investigations, Ms F attended the hospitals emergency department on 17 July 2020 and was discharged negligently without…
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