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New findings from NatCen Social Research's British Social Attitudes survey have been released by the Dying Matters Coalition and reveal a lack of end of life planning by the British public.
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Lord Wandsworth College has recently announced that its Foundation has been left a substantial bequest in the will of a former pupil.
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The Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Act 2013 has now received Royal Assent.
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The Government has published the findings of an independent review into cosmetic surgery, set up in the wake of the PiP breast implants scandal. It suggests better regulation, better training and proper redress if things go wrong.
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The trial has begun in France of five executives of the company at the centre of the faulty breast implant scandal, reports the BBC.
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There has been much publicity regarding the recent agreement between the banks and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regarding the mis-selling of interest rate swap agreements to SMEs. In an effort to protect their image and avoid another claims management company boom, the banks allegedly admitted their failings in the selling of these agreements to the FSA early into the thematic review. They then brokered a deal with the FSA whereby each bank would appoint its' own independent reviewer to review each sale to customers who do not qualify as 'sophisticated' customers.
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Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond has urged drivers to think biker as the total number of helmets rated under the government’s SHARP programme reached 300.
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A Northamptonshire grain firm has been fined after an employee lost three fingers and a thumb on the blades of a running mixer.
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Road fatalities across the EU have decreased by 9% in 2012. According to new figures published by the European Commission, 2012 saw the lowest number of people killed in road traffic accidents in EU countries since the first data were collected.
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Medical negligence claims are frequently reported in the media, and a high number of them relate to incidents during labour or birth that lead to injuries being suffered by either the mother or newly born child.
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A golfer who was liable to pay substantial damages after causing an injury to another golfer has won his appeal to have a greater amount of the damages apportioned to his golf club, reports the Scotsman.
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been prosecuted for safety failings after a vulnerable patient was seriously injured in a fall from an unrestricted first floor hospital window.
The patient suffered a broken vertebra and a punctured lung in the incident. She remains in pain, is unable to work and may require further spinal surgery.
Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court heard that the patient had been admitted to the hospital and transferred to a ward two days prior to the incident. In an apparent state of confusion, she used a chair by a bay window to climb up, fully open the window and climb out in a bid to escape.
She fell almost three metres to bushes below. These partly cushioned her fall, but she was still seriously injured and had to be transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge for surgery on her spine. She spent 13 days there before being discharged home to her parents care.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) proved that the Hospital's arrangements for managing the risk of patients falling from windows were inadequate.
HSE found there was no window restrictor fitted to the window she fell from, and a survey carried out by the Trust after the incident highlighted a number of issues with restrictors elsewhere. These included restrictors on windows in children's ward that although in place, weren't tamperproof.
Guidance has been in place since 1989 stating that windows in hospitals where there are vulnerable patients should be restricted to a maximum opening of just ten centimetres to prevent falls.
The Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government and the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland, have launched a joint consultation on the setting of the discount rate.
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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has renewed its calls for the Government to introduce in full its Safe Young Driver proposals.
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The European Commission has proposed to better protect workers from risks linked to exposure to chemicals at the workplace.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has begun a month long safety crack down on construction sites.
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The TUC has published its safety manifesto, which sets out ten key recommendations it believes will improve workplace health and safety in the UK.
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I have only recently came across the article by Antonio Horta-Osorio, Chief Executive of Lloyds which appears to have been dated “6am GMT on the 17th of December 2012”.
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The waste and recycling industry has seen a general downward trend in the rate of injury over the last eight years, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), but it still remains a high-risk industry.
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