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The health and safety risks of slipping at work
Published on 19/01/2014
The health and safety risks of slips in any particular workplace should be addressed in the employer’s safety management system (SMS) which forms the major component of a company’s health and safety policy. The extent and complexity of the SMS will be determined by the size of the business and its structures and equipment, but… View Article
Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust to be dissolved after Stafford Hospital scandal
Published on 16/01/2014
The scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS trust running Stafford Hospital is to be dissolved following being in administration since April 2013 after Monitor, the sector regulator for health services in England [in effect the the health service watchdog] deemed it as “unsustainable”. The Trust Special Administrators have now published their final report detailing how the situation… View Article
Package tour accident compensation claims
Published on 11/01/2014
A holiday is supposed to be a relaxing time away and it can be nice to have everything organised through a package deal. However, if you are involved in an accident on your holidays, your holiday will be ruined and you could end up physically and emotionally harmed. Having an accident in a different country… View Article
Broken Finger Compensation Claims
Published on 07/01/2014
It might be stating the obvious, but fingers are one of the areas of our body most exposed and vulnerable to injury. We use them intensely and constantly, at work, at home, for earning our livings and enjoying our leisure. They are, more than most parts of our anatomy, ‘in the firing line’. Consequently and… View Article
Common causes of dermatitis at work
Published on 03/01/2014
Occupational contact dermatitis is, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the most common form of work related skin disease in the UK and probably greatly under reported due to the lack of self-examination training amongst the more potentially exposed members of the workforce . It is a particularly unpleasant disease to contract and… View Article