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Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:09:13 GMT
Royal aids have scraped the tradition of walking backwards out of the room after bowing or curtsying to the Queen.
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:15:41 GMT
Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, concludes a study on bmj.com
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:18:25 GMT
A High Court judge in London ruled last week that doctors’ duty of confidentiality "arguably" survives a patient’s death but gave the go ahead "in the public interest" for the disclosure of medical records of dead nuclear plant workers to an independent inquiry.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:14:58 GMT
The trust asks are we doing enough to protect lone workers from violence and aggression?
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:13:24 GMT
Being out of mobile phone contact is as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner for nearly one in five phone users.
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By NISO News on
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:11:43 GMT
British men and women are at risk at work today because of a lack of safety training, the biggest survey ever carried out by the British Safety Council (BSC) has revealed.
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By NISO News on
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:09:53 GMT
As the lambing season approaches, potentially one of the busiest times of the year forusing quad bikes, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging farmers to make sure that they wear a safety helmet when using the machines which are also known as ATVs or "all terrain vehicles".
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By NISO News on
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:07:33 GMT
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has admitted that more than one in five sick days taken by its staff is blamed on stress.
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By NISO News on
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:17 GMT
In separate but almost identical incidents, two kitchen workers suffered severe burns by slipping into containers of hot oil on their respective employers’ premises. In one of the incidents a 19-year-old girl was left with serious burns, after she came into contact with cooking oil nine times hotter than the recommended temperature at which it is safe to drain.
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By NISO News on
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:57:19 GMT
Dame Carol Black, UK National Director for Health and Work urges radical reform of UK health system.
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