COVID-19 Deaths and PPE – The Coroner’s Role – Parklane Plowden Chambers
‘Inevitably the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a significant increase in the workload of coroners and the number of inquests being heard. Cases where the virus may have been contracted in the...
View ArticlePPE & sex discrimination claims – Cloisters
‘The media is currently saturated with reports concerning the absence of adequate Personal Protective Equipment (‘PPE’) in clinical settings. To date, commentators have understandably focused on the...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus and Employers’ Liability for PPE – Ropewalk Chambers
‘The Coronavirus pandemic is likely to lead to litigation in various forms1; indeed, two doctors are reported to have already intimated a public law challenge to the lawfulness of the personal...
View ArticleDisability discrimination claim for failure to make reasonable adjustments? –...
‘Employees can often complain where they feel that their managers are not giving them the tools they need to do their jobs efficiently, effectively or productively. How does that situation relate to a...
View ArticleLucy Letby: Nurse due in court charged with murdering eight babies at Chester...
‘A nurse is due to appear in court charged with the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another 10.’ Full StoryThe Independent, 12th November 2020Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleChild abuse carried out under guise of medical treatment, report finds – The...
‘Healthcare practitioners who committed child sexual abuse commonly did so under the guise of medical treatment, which went unchallenged by other staff even when unnecessary or inappropriate because of...
View ArticlePandemic NHS workers should be granted indefinite leave to remain — Aaron...
‘Migrant workers have been essential to the operations of the NHS ever since its inception in 1948. Over the decades, many programmes have been used to encourage and find overseas workers and help them...
View ArticleLondon-wide launch of operation to convict those who assault NHS staff –...
‘Known as Operation Cavell, the initiative will see a senior officer review all reports of assaults and hate crime against NHS staff. Following a three-month pilot, the National Health Service (NHS),...
View ArticleLaw firm takes up case of nurse fined £10,000 for 1% pay protest – The Guardian
‘One of the UK’s biggest police forces is refusing to back down after being accused of wrongly issuing a £10,000 fine to a nurse who was protesting over the government’s 1% pay rise for NHS workers,...
View ArticleKate Shemirani: Nurse who claimed 5G caused Covid symptoms and spread vaccine...
‘A leading figure in Britain’s anti-vaccination movement who repeatedly spread coronavirus conspiracy theories, and once called the NHS “the new Auschwitz”, has been permanently struck off the Nursing...
View ArticleNHS nurse sacked over weekend working wins landmark ruling – The Guardian
‘A community nurse who was sacked for not agreeing to work weekends has won a “landmark” ruling for working mothers after a judge said employment tribunals must take childcare disparity into account.’...
View ArticleIndirect Discrimination Against Working Mothers – Littleton Chambers
‘On 22 June 2021, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down judgment in Dobson v North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust UKEAT/0220/19/LA. CLICK HERE to read the judgment.’...
View ArticleStudent nurse jailed for killing teen after falling asleep at wheel – The...
‘A student nurse from London was found guilty of causing the death of a 13-year-old girl after falling asleep at the wheel.’ Full StoryThe Independent, 19th December 2021Source: www.independent.co.uk
View ArticleFamily welcomes decision to strike off nurse after woman killed herself – The...
‘The parents of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after she was refused a psychiatric bed have welcomed a decision to strike off one of the nurses involved, saying they hoped the move would...
View ArticleLitigant banned over ‘unjustified’ complaints to regulators – Law Society’s...
‘A former nurse who made “wholly inappropriate and unjustified allegations of wrongdoing” against lawyers has been banned from bringing proceedings for two years by a High Court judge, who said...
View ArticlePaul Grayson: Voyeur Sheffield nurse who filmed up patients’ gowns jailed –...
‘A nurse “fixated by sex” who filmed up the gowns of unconscious hospital patients has been jailed for 12 years.’ Full StoryBBC News, 11th May 2022Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticlePolice force settles claim brought by nurses over fine for Covid regulation...
‘Greater Manchester Police has agreed to settle a claim for compensation brought by two nurses who said the force wrongly handed them a £10,000 fine under Covid regulations for organising a protest in...
View ArticleYork hospital action plan after watchdog warning – BBC News
‘Specialist nurses have been recruited at York and Scarborough hospitals to ensure patients are being fed properly. It is part of an action plan by the hospitals trust to address criticisms by the Care...
View ArticleDying patient should have been seen in person – BBC News
‘NHS officials ruled a man who died after his ear infection was not picked up in GP telephone consultations should have been seen face to face, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.’ Full StoryBBC...
View ArticleBullying, misogyny and sexual culture at Royal College of Nursing, inquiry...
‘A damning inquiry into the Royal College of Nursing, the world’s biggest nurses’ union, has exposed bullying, misogyny and a sexual culture where women are at risk of “alcohol and power-related...
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