Flora McCabe In the 1920s, Hugo Gernsback, an inventor, science fiction enthusiast and founder of a scientific journal called The Electrical Experimenter, conceived of a device that would permit a doctor to conduct consultations from the comfort of the patient’s own home. The Teledactyl (from the Greek for ‘far’ and … Read More

Flora McCabe Further to a deal announced by the Government on Saturday, as of today, Monday 23 March, the entire capacity of the private hospital sector in England is dedicated to treat coronavirus patients, and take on work the NHS is too overwhelmed to carry out. NHS England stated that … Read More

Flora McCabe In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the spotlight falls on the front line staff who are tasked with treating potentially tens of thousands of patients suffering various degrees of respiratory illness. These staff are not being implored to stay safe in their own homes but must go … Read More

Flora McCabe The COVID-19 outbreak is testing the limits of healthcare systems and particularly of staff, which is bearing the mental load of the crisis. One way that healthcare facility operators and managers can protect their staff from yet more emotional distress once the crisis is over is to try … Read More

A Mobile app with Call Recording: FOC for 1 monthDuring these difficult times, Fluid are offering you a mobile app with call recording, specific to your practice, enabling you to Triage your patients from anythere in the world FOC* for one month. To find out more email us at: [email protected] … Read More

The recent dramatic fall in wholesale Oil and Gas prices has seen energy prices at the lowest they have been for several years and Practices currently renewing their energy contracts through our Platinum Supplier Power Solutions (UK) Ltd are seeing significant saving on their renewal costs particularly with Gas renewals. … Read More

Nowhere to HideIn the last few weeks the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has broadened its focus and sent a wake-up call to all organisations and businesses which handle personal data. What happened? The ICO were alerted by a Regulator that a small health company was storing personal data without adequate … Read More

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Can you afford not to have it?Every organisation will experience a data breach. Data breaches can occur in a variety of ways: Notes are recorded on the wrong patient’s records Information is passed on to a third party inadvertently Data is transmitted which should be anonymised Patient’s records are lost … Read More

Access to Medical Reports Act 1998There are a number of reasons why an employer may wish to obtain a medical report on an employee. These reasons include: to determine whether or not the employee is able to carry out their day to day job role within the Company; to assess … Read More

Alan Lewis, Emplyment Solicitor at Linder Myers Solicitors Advises:“An employee has been caught watching pornography on their computer during their lunch break, can we suspend them?” Suspension traditionally used to be seen as a default position for employers who suspect an employee of committing an act of gross misconduct. However, … Read More

An Employer’s Obligation to Manage Holiday Requests FairlyIt is increasingly squarely the responsibility of the employer to ensure that employees take their statutory holiday allowance.  It can also have a detrimental effect on workplace morale to be perceived as unreasonably refusing annual leave requests.  There are of course issues  when … Read More

Think Diaries are Old School? 5 Reasons Keeping a Diary is the New Office Trend A Fresh Start For Every Minute Spent Organising, An Hour Is Earned Prepare For Tomorrow, Today Get Creative Showcase Your Wins Click on the link and quote CARADOC http://online.lyreco.co.uk/uk-diaries-brochure-2019-20 Sammie Roberts Key Account Manager Lyreco … Read More

Lee Bronze, Employment Specialist at Linder Myers Solicitors Advises:“Is it discriminatory if we, as a GP Practice, believe there is a risk in relation to a job applicant’s future inability to work on health grounds rather than current ability and therefore refuse employment?” A belief that a potential employee has … Read More

Adopting and Employee’s Belief:Why the decision to remove a Director for expressing his faith-based objection to same-sex adoption was not discriminatory and may have wider consequences.  Last month the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) with its decision in Page v NHS Trust Development Authority found that it was not discriminatory to … Read More

RedundancyWhen an employee is made redundant they may be eligible for a redundancy payment, in order for an employee to be eligible for a redundancy payment they would need to have two years’ continuous service. There are various reasons why an employee would be made redundant, they can most easily … Read More