GDC registration mandatory for all dental nurses
REGISTRATION with the General Dental Council (GDC) is mandatory for all groups of dental care professionals (DCPs), including dental nurses.
Acas launches new guidance to tackle discrimination at work
ACAS has published new guidance Religion or belief discrimination aimed at preventing discrimination at work.
More needs to be done to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace
A REPORT has been published by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) calling on the government to take action in relation to sexual harassment in the workplace.
Case study: Is belief in Scottish independence protected by law?
AN employment tribunal has ruled that having belief in Scottish independence is now a protected philosophical belief under equality law in a landmark discrimination case.
Did you know?
THE Employment Law team at MDDUS have a range of useful documentation available.
HR Alert: Employment tribunal claims soar a year on from ruling
SINGLE claims lodged at employment tribunals have more than doubled since the abolition of fees last summer.
Don't forget
National minimum wage increases won’t come in until April. The current rates as of 1 April 2018 are:
Remote monitoring risks
Last month we looked at digital prescribing alerts and how continual warnings designed to help clinicians could potentially increase the risk of errors as “information overload” takes over. In this article we focus on alerts and other risks associated with remote monitoring devices
Rapid decline
... A form was drawn up mistakenly stopping all bumetanide scripts...
Winter Indemnity Scheme for out-of-hours work
NHS England has announced that it will again be running an indemnity scheme to support GPs doing extra out-of-hours (OOH) and unscheduled care work this winter.