Data from the ONS reveals the high levels of deaths from Covid-19 among health and social care workers. Of these it has been reported that social care workers form the majority of deaths from coronavirus. The government’s response to the crisis…
In his public address on immigration issues in May 2015, the Prime Minister made it clear that the Government is making illegal working and exploitation a focus for a major operation nationwide. In its analysis of the impact of illegal employment…
A recent case has shown that small sites combined with last-minute changes can be disastrous – so pay attention to variations. A case before the Southwark Crown Court highlighted that small sites with last minute changes are a particularly dangerous combination.…
The prosecution of staff when a patient dies in detention under the Mental Health Act has recently been in the spot light when prosecutors announced that there was “insufficient evidence” to charge anyone with an offence following the death of…
The Prime Minister has recently announced that all primary school children will be required to play competitive sports. This will form the subject of a cross-party initiative with the aim of continuing the wave of optimism and passion for sport,…
The Court of Appeal has recently rejected an appeal brought by the first company convicted of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007[1] (the 2007 Act). In particular, the Court refused leave to appeal against a fine of £385,000 that had…
A Bupa care home company has been fined £100,000 after a 91-year-old resident died following a fall from a hoist during a manual handling operation. The resident, Irene Evans, lived at Parklands Court Nursing Home in Bloxwich, Walsall, which is run…
