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Agenda for Change (AfC) is the current National Health Service (NHS) grading and pay system for NHS staff, with the exception of doctors, dentists, apprentices and some senior managers. It covers more than 1 million people and harmonises their pay scales and career progression arrangements across traditionally separate pay groups, in the most ...
While the Health and Social Care Act 2008 does not distinguish between types of health or social care service, in practice, the CQC has different regulatory approaches for: Ambulances – NHS and independent services [46] Care homes – including residential and nursing homes [47] Clinics – including family planning and slimming clinic [48]
The Royal College of Nursing announced on Wednesday that its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK have backed industrial action. NHS will do all it can to ‘minimise harm ...
The evidence for harm to people who are deprived of sleep, or work irregular hours, is robust. Research from Europe and the United States on nonstandard work hours and sleep deprivation found that late-hour workers are subject to higher risks of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, miscarriage, preterm birth, and low birth weight of their newborns.
The NHS is heading for another major health scandal unless care urgently improves, the government’s first patient safety commissioner has warned.
The introduction of this legislation considers 'emotional harm generally,' [7] which was considered a 'radical change to the law.' Employers have vicarious liability for harassment by their employees under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, (see Majrowski v Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust). For employees this may provide an easier route to ...
Nursing in the United Kingdom is the largest health care profession in the country. It has evolved from assisting doctors to encompass a variety of professional roles. Over 700,000 registered nurses practice, [1] working in settings such as hospitals, health centres, nursing homes, hospices, communities, military, prisons, and academia.
Fresh off his reelection as speaker, Mike Johnson hyped up Republicans' ambitious agenda for the new year and pledged to take aim at the "deep state" throughout their legislative endeavors.