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The National Audit Office (NAO) has told the government that it needs to take a stronger and more integrated approach if it is to rein in the increasing cost of clinical negligence claims across the health and justice systems.  In a..

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

Appeared in issue: Issue 326 - 17 October 2017

Claims Management 

Holiday sickness claims management company has licence cancelled 

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

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Cycling

Urgent review into cycle safety announced by government 

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Legal Reforms

Discount rate reforms warning 

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

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Directors & Officers 

Survey highlights expansion of directors’ liability 

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

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NHS

Health Service Safety Investigations Body to be launched 

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Road Safety 

Increase of 4 per cent in road deaths in 2016, says Department for Transport 

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Sport 

Call for tackles to be removed from school rugby 

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Stress

Around 12 per cent of paramedics sick due to stress last year 

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Case Update

Low-value online portal does apply to accidents at sea 

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

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Marine 

UK P&I Club launches gaming app to promote safety in ships 

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Health & Safety 

Not enough done to tackle work-related ill-health, HSE survey finds 

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Bullying/Victimisation 

More than a third of BME workers bullied or abused at work 

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Diesel Fumes

Call for examination of diesel exhaust fumes and workers’ health 

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Environment Affairs

Environment MEPs call for stricter definition on endocrine disruptors 

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Aviation 

easyJet to fit cabin air filters to reduce toxic contaminated air risk 

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Awards & Settlements 

£325,000 in damages for fall at work death

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US Dimension

Support for reform of New York’s “Scaffold Law”

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Asbestos Update

New idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research highlighted by Clyde & Co 

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

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Government proposals could see rise in personal injury discount rate 

The government has announced measures to change the way compensation payouts are calculated which it said would mean that the discount rate might be in the region of 0 per cent to 1 per cent. In February this year the discount rate was reduced from..

Online Published Date: 18 October 2017

Appeared in issue: Issue 326 - 17 October 2017