Why I believe Jeremy Hunt is the wrong man for the job. For those of you who may‚ or may not‚ know‚ Jeremy Hunt is the lunatic in charge of the nation’s Health. He is also the man who wishes to impose a ludicrous new contract onto our junior doctors‚ which you most probably heard about in the news. In short‚ the contract extends what is currently considered as ‘social working hours’ to include times that‚ frankly‚ are not very social - making between 07:00 to 22:00 on Monday to Saturday part of
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Caldicott Report The Caldicott Committee‚ chaired by Dame Fiona Caldicott‚ was set up by the Chief Medical Officer for Health following increasing concerns regarding the way information flowed‚ not only within NHS organisations‚ but also to and from non-NHS organisations. The resulting report‚ ’The Caldicott Committee: Report on the Review of Patient-identifiable Information’‚ was published in December 1997. The Report made sixteen recommendations. One of the key recommendations was the appointment
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this deficit has appeared‚ and what steps can practically be taken to attempt to lessen the stress on both frontline operations and HR considerations of staffing. b. Somerset Partnership NHS Trust is an amalgamation of Community and Mental Health Services‚ employing a rough total of 4‚300 staff across 13 community hospitals and 4 trust owned hospital sites. c. Recent issues with staffing across these sites have led to detrimental impacts which directly affect patient care‚ for example ward closure
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Assignment Front Sheet Qualification Unit Number and Title Pearson BTEC Level 4 HND Diploma In Health and Social Care Student Name Unit 3: Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Assessor name: Christine Pratt Date of Issue Completion date 27/01/2014 18/04/2014 Student No. Submitted on Assignment title Learning Outcome Learning outcome Assessment criteria LO1 Understand 1.1 how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace
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Proposition of Value: Mandatory Drug Testing Issue: Whether or not mandatory drug testing results in positive gains or negative losses for the United States in terms of economy and society. Thesis: The enforcement of mandatory drug testing for employees and welfare recipients results in a more positive and productive society‚ as well as a developing economy. The legal roots of mandatory drug testing are found in the common law doctrine of "employment at will." That doctrine states that
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To: NHS Litigation Authority‚ Re: Chandler Bing v Friends Health NHS Foundation Trust Dear Sir/ Madam‚ Thank you for your referral of the case concerning Mr. Chandler Bing’s missed fracture scaphoid bone received on 31 August 2010. The following is the Letter of Advice to the NHSLA concerning the above-mentioned case. The Claimant: 1. The Claimant was born on 8 April 1969. As a result of the events referred to in their particulars of claim the claimant is now represented by Bloomingdale
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Vaccinations are essential to the health of a community. As David Keller (a physician and former Chief of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program with the New Mexico Department of Health‚ and parent‚ puts it)‚ “In reality‚ nature places foreign substances….in his body all the time. Some of those are harmless‚ but others can be deadly. By using vaccines‚ I can carefully introduce into his body substances that mimic harmful foreign substances and‚ in so doing‚ teach his immune system to protect
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Mandatory arrest laws were put into place in efforts of deterring and reducing the amount of activity in regards to domestic violence. However‚ recent research has shown that domestic violence arrest rates are higher than what they were when they had first implemented such practices. Domestic violence can be seen as being a very complex and complicated issue within our society. We have issues with what can or is considered domestic violence due to the following types of relationships that are becoming
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begin‚ the first argument to support the urgent need to restructure the criminal justice system is the effect and impact of mandatory minimum sentencing on the high rates of incarcerations. The effects of mandatory minimum sentencing are staggering‚ and transcend into many different areas of the criminal justice system. The principal justification for the creation of mandatory minimum sentences is that by increasing the likelihood of custody‚ it will be a strict deterrent for crime prevention and a
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One group thinks voting should be a mandatory law to the American citizens and the other group think going out to vote is a personal freedom. All American citizens should be required to vote in any elections‚ so the citizens can be satisfied with their choice. “Democracy is about freedom” (Text 4‚ line 11). Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. All citizens should be required
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