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A woman is furious following a denial of any wrongdoing by the NHS following her father’s treatment and subsequent death in a Devon hospital. Jennifer Leach’s complaint prompted an enquiry in to the treatment of her father, Stan Rogers, after he died at Whipton hospital in 2005.

In April 2008, Devon Primary Care Trust apologised to her for the treatment her father received after he was admitted. After looking in to the complaints, the Healthcare Commission looked at various aspects of his care.
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is both a psychological and physical condition which can arise due to frightening or extremely distressing events. It is a common condition and according to NHS statistics it affects around 5% of men and 10% of women at some point in their life.

In every day life anyone can go through an experience that is frightening or overwhelming. Military personnel however, are at much of a high risk of encountering such experiences.
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Footballer Callum Davenport has been categorised as “stable but progressing” after he was stabbed in both legs after being attacked at his mother’s home in Kempston, Bedfordshire, on Saturday.

Mr Davenport, 26, who plays for premier league club West Ham United, was allegedly attacked by his sister’s boyfriend, Mr Worell Whitehurst, following an argument in the early hours of the morning.
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A nursery in Plymouth has been closed while the source of an E.coli infection is detected.

The Going Places nursery in Springhill Green, Pennycross is being investigated after two children were taken to hospital with E.coli and two children were also recovering at home. The Health Protection Agency has stressed that the closure is only temporary while staff and children are being tested for the disease. The nursery cares for over 100 children and samples have to be taken from the children and staff.
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The most common circumstance in Personal Injury cases that arise from falls from a ‘height’ is that of someone falling from a ladder. Therefore, Schedule 6 of The Work at Height Regulations 2005 deals specifically with ladders!

Have you been injured by a ‘defective’ ladder at your work place? If so, this will be a straightforward claim to deal with as ALL work equipment must be of sufficient strength and suitable for the use it is intended for. If the ladder breaks or is damaged and thus results in an accident then there will be a breach of duty on your Employer’s part.

However, have you been injured by the misuse of a ladder?
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A scare has broken out over the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, with women being advised that the drug may, in certain circumstances, be responsible for an increased risk of secondary tumours. Medical charities have moved to play down the concerns but, according to the guardian website, US research has indicated that those using tamoxifen for a period of five years were more vulnerable to developing more aggressive tumours, as opposed to those which require oestrogen, which tamoxifen targets.
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In a previous post I explained what ‘work equipment’ actually is and what is meant by the term ‘use at work’ but today I will try and help you answer the following:

“Is your work equipment actually suitable? What obligations do your Employer’s have to ensure the suitability of the equipment they provide you with?”
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The law you need to know: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 – ‘PUWER’

The above Regulations outline that your Employer should ensure that all work equipment is maintained:
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The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 cover manual handling operations at work.

The below is just an intro. to the Manual Handling Regulations, there is a lot more to the regulations and I will cover the other stuff in future posts.
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The facts:

• 7% of the UK workforce work within the construction industry
• 25% of fatal accident’s result from construction sites; and
• 16% of major accidents

It is clear from the above statistics that working within the construction industry is both a risky business and darn right dangerous. If your brave enough to work on a construction site it’s important to ensure that both you and your Employer do everything to ensure that the workplace is as safe as possible. Being lax on safety on a Construction site is a complete NO-NO and from our experience is like playing with fire!
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